MATTER OF ROTHKO


84 Misc.2d 830 (1975)

In the Matter of The Estate of Mark Rothko, Deceased.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

December 18, 1975


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breed, Abbott & Morgan (Edward J. Ross and James Peterson of counsel), for Kate Rothko, petitioner. Hall, Dickler & Howley (Gerald Dickler and Paul Sarno of counsel), for Barbara Northrup, general guardian of Christopher Rothko, an infant, petitioner. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Gustave Harrow of counsel), for ultimate charitable beneficiaries, cross-petitioner. Richenthal, Abrams & Moss (Arthur Richenthal of counsel), for Bernard J. Reis and another, respondents. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (Bernard H. Greene of counsel), for Morton Levine, respondent. Eaton, Van Winkle & Greenspoon (Samuel N. Greenspoon and Charles G. Mills, IV, of counsel), for Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., intervenor. Sullivan & Cromwell (David W. Peck, John W. Dickey, David M. Olasov and Pamela S. Dwyer of counsel), for Marlborough Gallery, Inc., and others, respondents.


MILLARD L. MIDONICK, S.

The decedent in this case was Mark Rothko. He was one of the foremost painters of the New York school, also known as abstract expressionists, and at the time of his death on February 25, 1970 he was considered a first ranking artist of longtime standing in one of the leading schools of art then recognized as such throughout the art world. His reputation and the cultural impact of this...

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