Mark rothko paintings highlight new york auction
Two Mark Rothko paintings have fetched more than US$76 million (2.5 billion baht) at a New York auction of post-war and contemporary art.
The paintings were owned by Rachel "Bunny"Mellon,heir to the Listerine fortune.Mellon was a noted horticulturist and widow of philanthro pist Pual Mellon.She died in March at 103 at her Virginia estate.
The Rothko paintings were among the offerings at Sotheby's Monday sale.
Untitled (yellow,Orange,Yellow,Light Orange)
sold for $36.5 million,just over its estimated price range.Untitled was created 15 years later and brought in $40 million,double its top pre-sale estimate.AP