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Mark Rothko, No. 7, 1951. Courtesy of Sotheby’s. Mark Rothko’s No. 7 was brought to auction as part of Sotheby’s sale dedicated to the collection of the recently divorced Harry and Linda Macklowe. The Macklowes put up some 65 total prized works by icons including Rothko, Andy Warhol, and Lucio Fontana in order to more accurately account for the pair’s finances as they head into divorce proceedings. This stunning Rothko nabbed the highest result from the collection, selling for $82.4 million—making it the artist’s second-highest sale ever, trailing only Orange, Red, Yellow (1961), which sold for $86.8 million in 2012. The 35 pieces presented in this iteration of the Macklowe sale—the rest will be sold in May 2022—combined to sell for more than $675 million, beating out the collection’s high estimate of $619 million and achieving a rare white-glove sale, with every lot sold.
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Mark Rothko, No. 7, 1951. Courtesy of Sotheby’s. Mark Rothko’s No. 7 was brought to auction as part of Sotheby’s sale dedicated to the collection of the recently divorced Harry and Linda Macklowe. The Macklowes put up some 65 total prized works by icons including Rothko, Andy Warhol, and Lucio Fontana in order to more accurately account for the pair’s finances as they head into divorce proceedings. This stunning Rothko nabbed the highest result from the collection, selling for $82.4 million—making it the artist’s second-highest sale ever, trailing only Orange, Red, Yellow (1961), which sold for $86.8 million in 2012. The 35 pieces presented in this iteration of the Macklowe sale—the rest will be sold in May 2022—combined to sell for more than $675 million, beating out the collection’s high estimate of $619 million and achieving a rare white-glove sale, with every lot sold.