Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Mark Rothko once said when you turned your back to the painting, you would feel its presence the way you would feel the sun on your back.
A centerpiece of the Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis Collection, Mark Rothko’s No. 31 (Yellow Stripe) exemplifies the artist’s luminous meditation on color, balance, and perception. In this gallery talk, Emily Kaplan, Co-Head of the 20th Century Evening Sale, invites us to explore the emotional resonance and radiant depth that define this work.
🔗 Follow the link for the story behind this post-war masterpiece: christies.com/en/lot/lot-6559620?cid=EM_SM_O_YT_Inc_CON____________
📅 20th Century Evening Sale | New York | 17 November
Mark Rothko once said when you turned your back to the painting, you would feel its presence the way you would feel the sun on your back.
A centerpiece of the Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis Collection, Mark Rothko’s No. 31 (Yellow Stripe) exemplifies the artist’s luminous meditation on color, balance, and perception. In this gallery talk, Emily Kaplan, Co-Head of the 20th Century Evening Sale, invites us to explore the emotional resonance and radiant depth that define this work.
🔗 Follow the link for the story behind this post-war masterpiece: christies.com/en/lot/lot-6559620?cid=EM_SM_O_YT_Inc_CON____________
📅 20th Century Evening Sale | New York | 17 November
