Mark Rothko, No 10, 1952
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko/Artists Rights Society (ARS)
“It seemed very big and very expensive to me at 22 years old,” says Virginia Wright of the painting. “It was sold by Betty Parsons but she told me I would have to go talk to him about buying his painting. His art was such an integral part of his life that he held carefully on to how it went out into the world and who owned it.”















