Mark Rothko, *No. 6*, 1964 — one of the haunting Black Form Paintings from the final chapter of his career. Where color once pulsed with warmth, darkness took over — not as absence, but as depth. Rothko didn’t paint black. He painted weight, silence, and everything words can’t reach. 📍 @catarinalay at @fondationlv ©️ 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel and Christopher Rothko / ARS, New York #MarkRothko #Rothko #BlackFormPaintings #AbstractExpressionism | Guy Hepner Contemporary Art Gallery

Watch as our own David Galperin examines Mark Rothko's 'Untitled (Black on Maroon)' - the painting that entirely shifted the remaining decade of the artist's career - before it heads to the auction block in our Contemporary Art Evening auction in NYC on 28 October. | Sotheby's