GEORGE ECONOMOU George Economou was born in Athens, Greece and is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He began his career in shipping, expanded in offshore drilling and real estate, and has shared a passion for art throughout his career. His collecting activity began evolving in the 1990s with a focus on early twentieth-century European art and has grown to include an important holding of postwar and contemporary art. In 2012 he opened an exhibition space for the collection in the suburbs of Athens, Greece where he organizes several exhibitions per year and collaborates regularly with international institutions and curators. Also, Mr. Economou is a member of the Tate Foundation Board of Trustees and of the Dia Art Foundation Board of Trustees. http://www.thegeorgeeconomoucollection.com/collection
The Greek shipping magnate has a predilection for paintings and drawings, particularly of the 20th-century German and Austrian persuasion, and he frequently purchases work by lesser-known artists, or minor works by big-name producers, from Picasso, Twombly and Magritte to Kees van Dongen. A prolific collector, he acquires between 150 to 200 works a year, and usually chooses to go through smaller auction houses and galleries based in Germany and Austria rather than Sotheby's or Christie's. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/top-200-art-collectors-2015-part-one-286048
The George Economou Collection is a private collection located in Athens, Greece. Rooted in history, social awareness and aesthetics, the collecting activity began evolving in the 1990s with a focus on early twentieth-century European art and has expanded to include an important holding of postwar and contemporary art. Central movements of the early twentieth century such as German Expressionism and New Objectivity are collected in depth. Unique to the collection is the complete graphic oeuvre of Otto Dix and Otto Mueller. Works by artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Georg Baselitz, Andreas Gursky and Neo Rauch continue the German dialogue into the contemporary sphere alongside works by noted international artists such as Agnes Martin, Ellsworth Kelly, Cady Noland and Jenny Saville. With a desire to share the creativity of the artists represented in the collection, the George Economou Collection organizes two to three exhibitions per year in the space in Athens and collaborates regularly with international institutions and curators. Reflecting the interest for sociocultural awareness and the historical dialogue, these projects aim to create new opportunities for the public in Greece and abroad to engage with art. http://www.thegeorgeeconomoucollection.com/collection
‘I believe in ignoring the trends,” George Economou once told the Wall Street Journal. “People buy with their ears. You should buy with your eyes—which represent your heart—and not with your ears.” Economou has been buying with his eyes since 2001. As a result, he has amassed a large and eclectic collection, which contains everything from Picasso to lesser-known early 20th century German and Austrian artists to public telephones, and in recent years has shifted aesthetic gears to embrace postwar and contemporary art. You won’t find many German Expressionist works at his home, however. “I don’t think,” he once said, “that these are really pictures you want to have in your bedroom.” Instead he houses them at the George Economou Collection, a private museum in Athens; recent exhibitions have featured artists such as David Hammons, Rashid Johnson, Paul McCarthy, and Georg Baselitz. In March 2015, Economou joined the board of the Dia Art Foundation in New York. Fun fact: Economou owns around 500 prints by the German artist Otto Dix, including the artist's 51-print cycle “Der Krieg” (“War”), which was inspired by Goya’s “Disasters of War” print series. http://www.artnews.com/top200/george-economou/
STEFAN EDLIS & GAEL NEESON Location: Chicago; Aspen, Colorado Employment: Plastics manufacturing (retired) Art Collection: Contemporary art http://www.artfortune.com/collectors-9/
A Holocaust survivor, Stefan Edlis grew up in Vienna and escaped to the Unite States in 1941, at the age of 15. Edlis founded Apollo Plastics Corporation in Chicago in 1965 and first started collecting art in the late 1970s—initially buying only artworks made of plastic, then switching to postwar and Pop art. In April 2015, Edlis and his wife, Gael Neeson, donated 42 works of Pop and contemporary art, together worth $500 million, to the Art Institute of Chicago. Their collection includes pieces by Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol, as well as works by more contemporary artists like Maurizio Cattelan, Katharina Frisch, and Ugo Rondinone. Fun fact: In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Edlis said, “When I first started buying art, my greatest school was actually the auction houses.” http://www.artnews.com/top200/stefan-t-edlis-and-h-gael-neeson/
Les collectionneurs Stefan T. Edlis et Gael Neeson viennent de donner leur impressionnante collection d'art moderne et contemporain à l'Art Institute de Chicago. Ce don qui comprend 42 oeuvres de quelques-uns des plus importants artistes du XXe siècle, est présenté comme la plus importante libéralité jamais concédée au musée depuis sa création. Selon la presse américaine, il serait évalué à plus de 500 millions de dollars (soit 460 millions d'euros). La collection comprend neuf oeuvres signées Andy Warhol, dont deux autoportraits (de 1964 et 1966), Twelve Jackies (1964), Big Electric Chair (1967-1968), les dernières versions de Mona Lisa Four Times (1978) ou encore le diptyque Pat Hearn (1985) ; trois peintures de Jasper Johns (Target [1961], Figure 4 [1959] et Alphabet de 1959) ; une peinture de Robert Rauschenberg ; deux toiles tardives de Roy Lichtenstein, Foot Medication (1974) et Woman III (1982) ; quatre tableaux par Gerhard Richter des années 1960 et 1980 ; ainsi que des oeuvres de Jeff Koons dont Christ and the Lamb (1988) et Bourgeois Bust - Jeff and Ilona (1991). L'ensemble comprend encore des oeuvres de Cy Twombly, Brice Marden, Damien Hirst, Charles Ray, Takashi Murakami, Katharina Fritsch, Cindy Sherman et Richard Prince. La peinture figurative n'est pas en reste avec Eric Fischl (Slumber Party [1983]), et Stamford After Brunch (2000) de John Currin. « Dans le contexte de notre collection encyclopédique, le don de la collection Edlis/Neeson va nous permettre de réunir l'un des fonds les plus riches sous un même toit », a indiqué Douglas Druick, directeur du musée. Et de poursuivre : « ce don renforce la place de Chicago parmi les premières destinations du tourisme culturel, et confirme ce que je soutiens depuis longtemps, à savoir que les arts et la culture constituent la clef de la vitalité économique et de l'enrichissement spirituel de notre ville ». Les collectionneurs, arrivés aux États-Unis après avoir fui l'Autriche pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, sont depuis longtemps engagés dans le monde des arts en tant que membres fondateurs de l'Aspen Art Museum au Colorado, et sont également mécènes du Whitney Museum of American Art et du Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, à New York. Gael Neeson est également membre du conseil d'administration du New Museum à New York. « J'ai donné des oeuvres d'art aux musées pendant des années mais je suis frustré par le fait qu'elles ne sont pas montrées au public, a expliqué le collectionneur Stefan Edlis. Le fait que l'Art Institute propose de les présenter de manière permanente pendant 50 ans dans leur nouvelle aile [dessinée par Renzo Piano il y a 6 ans, ndlr] m'a convaincu ». Les oeuvres seront accrochées et présentées au public au début 2016 dans les salles contemporaines du deuxième étage de l'institution. http://www.lequotidiendelart.com/articles/7354-la-collection-edlis-et-neeson-entre-a-l-art-institute-de-chicago.html
CARL GUSTAF EHRNROOTH Location: Helsinki Source of wealth: Construction and Investments Collecting area: Contemporary Scandinavian, European, and American art The Ehrnrooths are descended from a Finnish noble family. Today they are the biggest owners of the Finnish construction company YIT, and Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth’s father, Casimir Ehrnrooth, was a former chairman of Nokia. Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth studied economics at the Swedish School of Economics, and business administration, computer science, and environmental law at the University of Helsinki. He is now a private investor with Corbis Investments S.A., a firm that encompasses consulting and engineering firm Pöyry Plc, and leads Finnish textile and clothing design company Marimekko Plc. He is a founding member of the board of trustees of the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation, as well as a member of the Guggenheim Foundation’s board of trustees since 2008. Fun fact: Ehrnrooth converted a stable on his family’s estate into a museum to display his collection of over 500 works by contemporary European (mostly Scandinavian) and American artists. http://www.artnews.com/top200/carl-gustaf-ehrnrooth/
The collections of the two collectors, who represent different generations, display common points of interest, but also trends and areas of emphasis that differ from each other. The collection begun by Commercial Counsellor, Matti Koivurinta, is currently owned by the Matti Koivurinta Foundation and, as the collection of the Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, is constantly growing. Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth’s collection emphasises Nordic and Finnish art. Ehrnrooth has been accumulating his collection for about twenty years. http://www.aboavetusarsnova.fi/en/exhibitions/two-collections-ehrnroothkoivurinta Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth, 39, of Helsinki, Finland, was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation at the Board’s September 23 meeting in New York. The announcement of Ehrnrooth’s election was made by William L. Mack, the Foundation’s Chairman, who said: “Our Board is becoming increasingly international––a fitting reflection of the Foundation’s oversight of a global network of museums. Carl Gustaf is a passionate collector, patron, and champion of the arts, and will be a wonderful addition to our Board.” Mr. Ehrnrooth is a private investor with Corbis Investments S.A., which is controlled by his family and whose core holdings include global consulting and engineering firm Poyry Plc and leading Finnish textile and clothing design company Marimekko Plc. He is also a controlling shareholder and Chairman of the Board of Ekoport Ltd., a waste management company involved in creating energy from various waste materials, a member of the board of Confido Capital, and a former member, Board of Directors, of Amanda Capital Private Equity Fund and Mandatum Bank. Mr. Ehrnrooth’s involvement in the art world includes serving as a Partner of Gallerie Anhava (formerly Gallerie Artek), and as a founding member and Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, of the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation. Additionally, he is closely associated with the Mairea and Maire Gullichsen Foundations––where his wife serves on the Boards of Directors––and both of which oversee important international art collections. Mr. Ehrnrooth, who has been collecting Finnish and Scandinavian 20th century art for twenty years, has a personal collection of over 500 works focusing on the art of Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. Recently, he began adding European and American contemporary art to his collection and began the process of converting the old stables of Wanantaka, his family’s estate, into a private museum for his contemporary art collection. A selection of Finnish works from Mr. Ehrnrooth’s collection were on exhibit at Pro Artibus, a museum in Tammisaari, a town west of Helsinki during September 2008. Mr. Ehrnrooth studied Economics at the Swedish School of Economics, and business administration, computer science, and environmental law at the University of Helsinki. He, his wife Maire, and their two children, reside in Helsinki, Finland, and in the South of France. http://artdaily.com/news/26373/Guggenheim-Foundation-Elects-Carl-Gustaf-Ehrnrooth-to-Board-of-Trustees#.WN-AdPnyiUk
MANDY & CLIFF EINSTEIN Lifelong collectors Cliff and Mandy Einstein’s assemblage of contemporary art certainly has range. Over 80 artists currently hold court in the couple’s collection, among them James Turrell, Sterling Ruby, Kiki Smith, and Mark Grotjahn. Currently, he’s Chairman Emeritus of MOCA LA and holds an honorary PhD from Otis College of Art and Design where he’s been a trustee and lecturer on the creative process and art in today’s society. Their 30 years of collecting has been showcased in virtually every major art publication. Their free-standing Turrell “Skyspace” work (one in an edition of 65) was also the first to enter a private collection in the U.S. Appreciation for the arts also happens to run in the family—Mr. Einstein’s brother is actor Albert Brooks and his sister-in-law is the artist Kimberly Brooks. https://news.artnet.com/market/la-art-power-couples-284815
Preview Circle Einstein Collection Tour April 1, 2017 - $250 per person Experience the fusion of art and life in this exclusive tour of the remarkable contemporary art collection of Mandy and Cliff Einstein, advertising executive and former Trustee of LACMA and past Chair of MOCA, led by the Einsteins themselves. Named as one of America’s top 100 collectors by Art and Antiques Magazine, the Einstein’s 8,000 sq. ft. modernist Brentwood home, built for them by Ron Goldman of Goldman-Firth Architects, houses a museum quality collection with works from artists such as: Robert Rauschenberg, John Chamberlain, Ed Ruscha, Raymond Pettibone, Richard Prince, Chris Burden, Kiki Smith, and James Turrell. http://www.bmoa.org/einstein/
Advertising executive Cliff Einstein and his wife Mandy have amassed one of the country's top collections of contemporary art, including works by James Turrell and Nancy Rubins. Chairman of Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, Einstein talks to Barbara Isenberg about collecting. How do you describe an art collector? They fall into seven categories, which are, in no particular order, the decorator, possessor, scholar, trader, exhibitor, patron and influencer. I think we are all mixtures of those. Many of us start out as decorators and graduate when we buy one more piece of art than we have space for. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1604930,00.html
The Einsteins’ early days as collectors followed an investment in the 1980s in a furniture company; they came to collecting through a love for design (as in the legendary design movement started by the Memphis group), then migrated to mainly blue chip fine art displayed in their modern home enhanced with added art gallery space. Clifford Einstein, the panelist and advertising executive, repeated several tips he has for collecting that elaborated upon his advice to readers in a Time magazine profile in 2007. His irreverent rules for collecting include “never meet the artist before you meet the work,” and “don’t buy what you like” to avoid the love-at-first-sight booby trap. He suggested avoiding the familiar, and the ability to sense a curiosity about what bothers one about an artwork. Einstein also pointed out that one can learn a lot by seeing other collections (back to the museum). He cautioned against the concern about “getting it right” as a bad goal. We disagreed on his point that “all art enters the culture as fashion” because we believe in “from the ground-up” idea of trends, although things may be different at the 1% income level. Einstein then presented a wonderful virtual visit to his home projected in color slides; we could see the installation and juxtaposition of artworks by such art-stars as Kehinde Wiley, Elizabeth Peyton, John Chamberlin, and Juan Munoz as well as wonderful examples of Memphis furniture acquired in their early days as collectors. He revealed a recent purchase, an enigmatic portrait composed with ashes as medium by artist Zhang Huan. He also possesses earlier works by Naim June Paik (an iconic bank of television sets) and Mark di Suvero. The Einstein home is a deliberate stage-setting for the world-class collection of modern and contemporary art. The Einsteins added on to their home as their collection grows as they prefer to see everything in the collection, and to not store artworks. Einstein is chairman emeritus of MOCA, and the couple has donated numerous artworks to MOCA. http://www.cartwheelart.com/2013/01/30/los-angeles-art-show-panel-the-joys-of-collecting-art-with-blake-byrne-and-the-einsteins/
MITZI & WARREN EISENBERG Location: Union, New Jersey Source of wealth: Retail (Bed Bath & Beyond) Collecting area: Contemporary art Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg, who have been collecting modern and contemporary art since the early 1990s, are the principal benefactors of the New Museum in New York. Mitzi has been a trustee of the New Museum since 2003, and is currently the board’s vice president. Warren is the cofounder, with Leonard Feinstein, of the home-goods chain Bed Bath & Beyond. The couple, along with Feinstein and his wife, Susan, donated $7 million to the New Museum’s new building in downtown Manhattan in 2005. Fun fact: A 2005 New Yorker article noted that the Eisenbergs keep a low profile, “although Liz Smith once noted that Mitzi, ‘a charming lady from New Jersey,’ had, at a charity auction, bid fifteen thousand dollars for a luncheon with Bette Midler.” http://www.artnews.com/top200/mitzi-and-warren-eisenberg/
New Museum of Contemporary Art Receives $7 Million Gift The New York City-based New Museum of Contemporary Art has announced that Mitzi and Warren Eisenberg and Susan and Leonard Feinstein have pledged a $7 million lead gift to name the museum's new building in downtown Manhattan. Given as a challenge grant, the gift brings the total amount pledged to the campaign to $20 million and raises participation of the museum's board to 100 percent. "The extraordinary gift from the Eisenbergs and the Feinsteins is a great boost to our campaign," said board president Saul Dennison. "It has brought us much closer to our financial goals and has motivated the entire board to increase their giving to the campaign." Mitzi Eisenberg and Susan Feinstein are both museum trustees. "My husband, Warren, and I have collected modern and contemporary art since the early 1990s, and our son Marty has also supported the New Museum for several years," said Eisenberg. "The museum's dedication to contemporary art and artists is unparalleled." http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/new-museum-of-contemporary-art-receives-7-million-gift
REBECCA & MARTIN EISENBERG Location: New York Source of wealth: Retail (Bed Bath & Beyond) Collecting area: Contemporary art Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg get involved with artists at the beginning of their careers and collect their work as they progress. That way, the Eisenbergs told Collector Space, “we can grow with them and we can honestly say that we were a part of the history.” Their instinct for collecting artists of the moment has resulted in a collection that features work by people like Kai Althoff, Charline von Heyl, Peter Doig, Nicole Eisenman, Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, David Hammons, Mary Heilmann, Rashid Johnson, Elizabeth Peyton, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and many more. Every square inch of their home, even the children’s bedrooms, is plastered with art. “It’s an addiction,” Martin said. “Listen, it’s better than crack or heroin.” Fun fact: The Eisenbergs insist that one of the best ways to find new artists is through art handlers, many of whom are artists themselves. http://www.artnews.com/top200/rebecca-and-martin-eisenberg/
Join Lisa Phillips, Toby Devan Lewis Director, and Massimiliano Gioni, Associate Director & Director of Exhibitions, for a visit to the home of Rebecca and Martin Eisenberg. The Eisenbergs have been collecting contemporary art for over twenty-five years, and their collection features major works by artists such as Kai Althoff, Charline von Heyl, Peter Doig, Nicole Eisenman, Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, David Hammons, Mary Heilmann, Rashid Johnson, Elizabeth Peyton, and Rirkrit Tiravanija, among others. http://www.newmuseum.org/calendar/view/330/collection-visit-rebecca-and-martin-eisenberg
The Eisenbergs have been collecting contemporary art for over 25 years. Their collection features major works by artists including Kai Althoff, Jeremy Deller, Peter Doig, David Hammons, Mary Heilmann, Elizabeth Peyton, and Rirkrit Tiravanija. Curated by White Columns director and CCS Bard faculty member Matthew Higgs, At Home / Not at Home will present an extensive selection of works from one of New York’s most extraordinary private collections, on public view for the first time. http://www.bard.edu/ccs/exhibitions/at-home-not-at-home-works-from-the-collection-of-martin-and-rebecca-eisenberg/
Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg are collectors of contemporary art and supporters of various public art institutions in and around New York City. Over the past twenty-five years, the Eisenberg's have built a noteworthy collection primarily of painting and sculpture by recognizing young talents early and supporting their careers. The Eisenbergs are very passionate about their collection and offer a wealth of knowledge about their collecting practices and the artists they focus on. Don't miss this rare opportunity to engage with these dynamic collectors in the intimate setting of their private residence featuring major works by artists such as David Hammons, Elizabeth Peyton, and Rirkrit Tiravanija, among many others. http://www.katonahmuseum.org/programs-and-events/Eisenbergtour/
CARYL & ISRAEL ENGLANDER Israel Englander Founder, Millennium Management, L.L.C. Real Time worth — as of 4/6/17 : $5.2 B The son of Polish immigrants, Izzy Englander left Wall Street to start hedge fund firm Millennium Management in 1989 with $35 million from friends and family; today the company manages more than $34 billion. Englander's shop uses a multi-manager platform, farming out cash to dozens of teams, feeding more capital to those who perform well and getting rid of those who perform poorly. He doesn't charge fixed fees and makes money only when his investors profit. His firm has been one of the best performing hedge funds in recent years, producing double-digit returns for its investors; in 2016, however, Millennium saw its lowest gain since the 2008 financial crisis, with returns up by 3.4% over the past year. https://www.forbes.com/profile/israel-englander/
Location: New York Source of wealth: Hedge fund Collecting area: Contemporary photography; Modern, postwar, and contemporary art Described as an industry titan by the New York Times, Israel Englander is a billionaire hedge-fund manager and one of the wealthiest people in the world. Born in Crown Heights to an Orthodox Jewish family (who had come to the United States by way of a Soviet labor camp), Englander first began trading stocks in high school, later graduating from NYU with a finance degree. He and Caryl, his wife, have given millions of dollars to Jewish organizations (including the Jewish Museum) and yeshivas. Israel sits on the board of Cornell Weill Medical Center, and Caryl, a photographer, is chair of the board at the International Center of Photography. The couple has funded exhibitions at the Guggenheim, as well as MoMA’s Edward Steichen archives. Fun fact: In 2013, Caryl Englander was one of the victims of a series of jewel heists at 740 Park Avenue. Her missing item? A $7,500 Vacheron Constantine gold watch. http://www.artnews.com/top200/caryl-and-israel-englander/
Net worth: $5 billion Source of wealth: Millennium Management Funding areas: Education, Health, Art & Culture, Jewish Community Overview: Englander has a passion for giving to Jewish groups, both in Israel and his native New York. But he has also given a lot of money to medical research facilities and to the arts, as well. Background: Englander grew up in Brooklyn in an Orthodox Jewish family, and graduated from NYU with a degree in finance. Trading stocks since high school, he went to work on Wall St., briefly enrolled in NYU's MBA program, and eventually founded Millennium Management, which started with $35 million in 1990, and now manages assets of more than $33 billion. (...) Arts & culture: Englander's wife Caryl, a photographer, is the Chairman of the International Center of Photography, and the Englanders have funded exhibits at the Guggenheim and the Edward Steichen Archives at MOMA; they also made the cut on ARTnews’s Top 200 Collectors in 2012. (Perhaps surprisingly, they only gave between $10 and $15 thousand to The Jewish Museum in 2011.) Token amounts have been given to the Brooklyn Academy of Music. https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/wall-street-donors/israel-englander.html
AGNES & KARLHEINZ ESSL Location: Vienna and Klosterneuburg, Austria Employment: Retail (bauMax) Art Collection: Contemporary art, especially Austrian painting http://www.artfortune.com/collectors-9/
The Essl Collection is one of the most important collections of Austrian art since 1945 and one of the significant collections of contemporary art in Europe. In the collection, Austrian art is found in great variety and depth and is put in an international context, which allows observation of trends and connections in the international art scene. The collection was built by Agnes and Karlheinz Essl. For over 50 years, they have accompanied the careers and lives of Austrian and international artists - for them, direct interaction with the artists is a crucial point of collecting. Nowadays, the Essl collection is a significant cultural heritage of Austrian art since the second World War. A coincidental meeting in New York in 1958 is the starting point: The young entrepreneur Karlheinz Essl met the gallery employee Agnes Schömer. In New York they found their love for contemporary art and for each other. Back in Austria they started a family and from 1970 on, Karlheinz Essl built up the DIY market chain bauMax. These years also mark the start of their collection of contemporary art with works by Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Kurt Moldovan. Austrian Art from 1945 becomes their main focus. For the collectors, the direct interaction with the artists remains an important factor until this day. With the success of their business, the Essls broaden their activities as collectors. The main focus of the collection is Austrian Art from 1945 with works by artists like Maria Lassnig, VALIE EXPORT, Arnulf Rainer, Max Weiler, Markus Prachensky, the artist of the Viennese Actionism like Hermann Nitsch and Günter Brus, new painting of the 1980s to the younger generation of Austrian artists such as Elke Krystufek and Deborah Sengl. During the 1980s the collection develops into the most significant private collection of Austrian art from 1945. In 1989, with the collaps of communism and the opening of the borders to Eastern Europe, Agnes and Karlheinz Essl decide to integrate international art into their collection. They travel through Europe, America, Asia and Australia and visit on their travels artists, studios, exhibitions and galleries. While media such as photography, sculpture, objects and installations are important parts of the collection, the collectors have a special appreciation for painting. One of the main objectives of Agnes and Karlheinz Essl is to open their collection to the public. In 1987 they planned to incorporate a gallery into the firm headquarters of their DIY-chain bauMax, the Schömer-Haus. The Essl Museum, planed by architect and holder of the Austrian State Prize Heinz Tesar, opened in 1999. This architectural icon offers not only generous space for the collection's art depot, but also 3.200 sqm of exhibition space. http://sammlung-essl.at/jart/prj3/essl/main.jart?rel=en&content-id=1363346896704&reserve-mode=active
€160 Million Essl Collection Will Be Liquidated. Sales will start in London this October. Alexander Forbes, August 29, 2014 A majority of the 7,000-work-strong Essl Collection will be sold off in London this October, according to a report in the Handelsblatt‘s Friday print edition. According to appraisals of the collection earlier this year by both Sotheby’s and Christie’s, the 5,000 works that are headed to the auction block are worth an estimated €160 million ($211 million). Of that sum, €100 million ($132 million) is in the collection’s 1,700 works by renowned artists including Gerhard Richter, Martin Kippenberger, Georg Baselitz, Alex Katz, and Markus Lüpertz. The remaining €60 million arises from works by Austrian artists and is particularly strong in works by the recently deceased Maria Lassnig. Alexander Forbes - https://news.artnet.com/market/eur160-million-essl-collection-will-be-liquidated-89060
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