Vincent van Gogh: “L’Allée des Alyscamps”
Masterpieces by Rothko and Van Gogh come to auction On May 2015, Sotheby’s will auction Vincent van Gogh’s ‘L’Allée des Alyscamps’ and Mark Rothko’s ‘Untitled (Yellow and Blue)’. Christie’s will offer another masterpiece by Rothko, his ‘No. 36 (Black Stripe)’.]]>
April 14, 2015. Source: Christie’s / Sotheby’s
Vincent van Gogh’s “L’Allée des Alyscamps”
Sotheby’s is honored to offer Vincent van Gogh’s “L’Allée des Alyscamps” as a highlight of its Evening Sale of Impressionist & Modern Art in New York on 5 May 2015. Van Gogh completed this work in 1888 during his fabled Arles-period, when he created many of his most celebrated compositions: “Sunflowers”, “Self-Portrait”, “L’Arlesienne” and the “Night Café” all date to this stage of his career. “L’Allée des Alyscamps” is estimated to achieve in excess of $40 million in the May auction.
Mark Rothko’s “Untitled (Yellow and Blue)”
The work was executed in 1954, the year the artist created a number of his most celebrated canvases, and furthermore boasts distinguished provenance that includes the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. Standing at over eight feet tall “Untitled (Yellow and Blue)” engulfs the viewer in the vastness of its yellow and blue planes. Like so many of Rothko’s most renowned canvases the work stands as a towering thesis on the absolute limits of abstraction with the seam less flow of color and light emanating as if from within. The work is estimated to fetch $40/60 million
Mark Rothko’s “No. 36 (Black Stripe)”
No. 36 (Black Stripe) is a classic example of Rothko’s mature style of painting and embodies perfectly renowned collector Frieder Burda’s vision and taste for emotional and expressive masterpieces of 20th and 21st Century art. Painted in 1958 when Rothko was engaged with the creation of the series of famous murals for the Four Seasons Restaurant in the Seagram building in Manhattan (now known as the famous The Rothko Room at the Tate Modern in London) – No. 36 (Black Stripe) exemplifies this extraordinary moment in the artist’s life and career. The work is estimated at $30-50 million
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