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- Estimate
- £1,000,000–£1,500,000 hammer ≈ $1,985,744–$2,978,617
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Contemporary Art Evening Auction , London · 27 February 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3731734
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Mark Rothko, Untitled. Sotheby's, 27 Feb 2008, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3731734.
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Mark Rothko, Untitled. Sotheby's, 27 Feb 2008, lot 55. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3731734.
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From the same sale Contemporary Art Evening Auction · Feb 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lummerbraten | Sigmar Polke | £300,000–£400,000 | |
| Untitled (head) | Jean-Michel Basquiat | £750,000–£950,000 | |
| Jackie | Andy Warhol | £700,000–£1,000,000 | |
| Broken Nose II | Juan Muñoz | £200,000–£300,000 | |
| Odessa | Philip Guston | £1,000,000–£1,500,000 | |
| Study of Nude with Figure in a mirror | Francis. Bacon | £18,000,000–£25,000,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Rothko | A Last Supper | $1,455,000 | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2022 | |
| Mark Rothko | No. 6 | Sotheby's, Nov 2024 | ||
| Mark Rothko | black, red-brown on violet | Sotheby's, May 2009 | ||
| Mark Rothko | The Journey | Sotheby's, May 2026 | ||
| Mark Rothko | Untitled | Sotheby's, Feb 2014 | ||
| Mark Rothko | No. 18 | Christie's, Nov 2002 | ||
| Mark Rothko | no. 8 (figure in archaic sea) | Sotheby's, Nov 2006 | ||
| Mark Rothko | untitled | Sotheby's, Nov 2018 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.