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Book SynopsisAt the time of Mark Rothko''s apparent suicide in 1970, the deeply troubled, pioneering artist of Abstract Expressionism was at the height of fame and financial success yet within months of the funeral, his three trusted friends, acting as executors, relinquished his entire legacy of 800 paintings to the powerful, international Marlborough Galleries (run by Frank Lloyd) for a fraction of their real worth on terms suspiciously unfavourable to the estate. The suit that Rothko''s daughter brought against the executors and Marlborough rocked the art world with its shocking revelations of corruption in the international art trade: from the deceptions practiced on Rothko when he was alive to the scandals after his death involving conspiracies and cover-ups, double dealings and betrayals, missing paintings and manipulated markets, phony sales and laundered profits, forgery and fraud.
Table of Contents* Three Days That Rocked the Art World (February 2527, 1970) * The Struggle (190345) * The Triumph (194555) * Recognitions (195563) * Dollar Signs and Question Marks (196368) * The Price (April 1968February 1969) * The Last Year (FebruaryOctober 1969) * The Last Monthsthe Final Pressures (October 1969February 24, 1970) * February 25, 1970 * Odds Out ... And to the family of the deceased... (FebruaryOctober 1970) * Dealers Choice (FebruaryJune 1970) * Much Fanfare and Some Suspicions (October 1970May 1971) * An Unveiling: The Dummy Uncovered (JuneNovember 1971) * Maneuvers (November 1971June 1972) * Misalliances (May 1972March 1973) * The Free-for-all and the Referee (January 1973February 1974) * The Trial: Phase OneSelf-Dealing? (FebruaryMay 1974) * The Trial: Phase TwoThe Master Dealer (JuneAugust 1974) * The Defense140 Different Trials (AugustOctober 1974) * Press Clips from the Gallery: Aftermyths of the Trial and the Long Wait (December 1974December 1975) * The Decision (December 18, 1975) * Kate Rothko and the Notion of the Double Whammy (December 26, 1975October 1976) * Questions of Perspective * Postscript: Echoes of Rothko
