Mark Rothko’s colour fields: the secret behind their million-dollar valuations
Two or three rectangles of soft-edged colour: that is all a Rothko canvas shows. Yet his mature colour field paintings have sold for verified sums up to £46.9 million, while an early figurative work made just £139,000. This guide looks at the hidden technique, the viewing instructions Rothko insisted on, and what the auction record actually reveals.
