No 1 (Royal Red and Blue) | |
Artist: | Mark Rothko |
Year: | 1954 |
Medium: | Oil on canvas |
Height Metric: | 288.9 |
Width Metric: | 171.5 |
Height Imperial: | 113¾ |
Width Imperial: | 67½ |
Museum: | Private collection |
No 1 (Royal Red and Blue) is a 1954 Color Field painting by the Abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko. In November 2012, the painting sold for US$75.1 million (£47.2m) at a Sotheby's auction.[1] [2]