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No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red)

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Year
  
1951

Location
  
private collection

Created
  
1951

Medium
  
Oil on canvas

Artist
  
Mark Rothko

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Mark Rothko artwork, Other artwork

No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) is a painting by the Russian-American Abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko. It was painted in 1951. In common with Rothko's other works from this period, No. 6 consists of large expanses of colour delineated by uneven, hazy shades.

2014 sale

It was bought for €140 million by Dmitry Rybolovlev, in a private sale.

References

No. 6 (Violet, Green and Red) Wikipedia