White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose)
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| Artist | Mark Rothko |
| Year | 1950 |
| Dimensions | 205.8 cm × 141 cm (81.0 in × 56 in) |
| Location | The Royal family of Qatar |
White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) is an abstract painting by Mark Rothko completed in 1950.
The work was sold in May 2007 by Sotheby's on behalf of David Rockefeller to the Royal family of Qatar; Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, and his wife, Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned. The painting sold for 72.84 million (USD), then setting the record of the current most expensive post-war work of art sold at auction.
White Center is part of Rothko's signature multiform style: several blocks of layered, complementary colors on a large canvas.
The painting is from top to bottom, a yellow horizontal rectangle, a black horizontal strip, a narrow white rectangular band and the bottom half is lavender. The top half of the rose ground is deeper in colour and the bottom half is pale. It measures 205.8 × 141 cm.
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