Mark Rothko's Orange, red and yellow painting has been sold for a record-breaking £53.8 million. It's the highest price ever paid for a piece of contemporary art at auction. Last week a version ...

An expert at Sotheby’s, the auctioneer, admitted that the reasons why buyers will pay more for certain paintings are ... s 1927 work Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue, which goes under ...

Mark Rothko's “Orange, Red, Yellow”, 1961, on display at Christie's in New York on May 4, 2012 during a preview of the Post War and Contemporary Art sale to take place on May 8. The painting ...

REUTERS - A Mark Rothko 1961 oil painting set a new auction record for post-war art on Tuesday ... led by Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow." The large-scale work from the Pincus collection soared ...

Earlier this year, Rothko's Orange, Red, Yellow was sold for £53.8 million - the highest price ever paid for a piece of post-war art at auction. The 1961 painting went under the hammer at ...