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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Rothko and Warhol among ‘legendary’ art collection being sold in divorce

One of Andy Warhol’s last self-portraits (left) and Untitled by Willem de Kooning.
One of Andy Warhol’s last self-portraits (left) and Untitled by Willem de Kooning. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

A never-before-seen masterpiece by Mark Rothko and one of Andy Warhol’s last self-portraits are among the dozens of works to be auctioned this spring as part of the sale of one of the greatest collections of modern contemporary art ever assembled.

The Macklowe collection, which was amassed by the real estate magnate Harry Macklowe and Linda Burg, an honorary trustee of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, is being sold to help settle the billionaire couple’s acrimonious divorce.

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