Christie's February 11

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London - Bidding auction house Christie's «The postwar and contemporary art will be held February 11 in London.

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At the auction will be a unique collection of 31 works, covering a 60 years history of art. The upcoming auction gives collectors a unique opportunity to become owners of rare works, as most of the works exhibited on the auctions for the first time. Among the top lots of the forthcoming auction may also be noted paintings by Alberto Burri and Willem de Kooning, as the "innovations" in the art market (both works are not exhibited at auction for more than 40 years). The total estimate of trades is more than £ 15 million.

To the best examples of Abstract Expressionism and the canvas is Mark Rothko (1903-1970) Green, blue, green on the blue "in 1968 (estimate: £ 2,500,000 - £ 3,500,000). In 1968 (shortly after the

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the artist finished work on the 14 works of art commissioned by the de Menil family for the chapel at the University of Houston) was found in Rothko's large aneurysms. Doctors advised him to abandon work on the major works of more than one meter in height and avoid the laborious work of oil. As a result, in his later works of Rothko moved on to acrylic on paper. Sensing the approach of death, Rothko created a series of works, where a dark and gloomy palette, exemplified by this work.

What will be the prognosis?