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8 Famous Color Field Paintings that Define the Genre

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Mark Rothko’s piece, Orange, Red, Yellow , even set an auction record in the post-war category when it sold for close to $87 million in 2012. Color Field painters are the quiet residents in the Abstract Expressionist neighbourhood, especially when compared to the loud Action Painters of the age like Jackson Pollock.

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Rare Stradivarius Violin Sells for Over $11 Million

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Some argue that its down to his secret techniques; others have even theorized that its down to the wood he used being from Europes Little Ice Age, a period of unusually long winters that led trees to grow more slowly, giving their wood unique properties. million in 2010 , the highest auction price for any instrument at that time.

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