Mark Rothko, Untitled (Violet Stripe), 1956, 60 X 35 ¾ Inches, Signed “Mark Rothko” on reverse
A rarely seen Rothko scanned from the David Anfram Catalog, “Violet Stripe” was on loan to the Princeton Art Museum in the 80′s until it was destroyed by fire on the Los Angeles freeway in 1990, while being transported in a moving van.
Read the story from the La Times when it happened, here






