The Collection of A. Alfred Taubman
In an unprecedented series of dedicated auctions beginning this autumn in New York, Sotheby’s will offer the collection of collector, philanthropist and businessman A. Alfred Taubman, who passed away in April at the age of 91. (Taubman was owner and then chairman of Sotheby's until the 2001 auction price-fixing scandal.) The remarkable collection comprises more than 500 works stretching from antiquity to contemporary art and is valued in excess of $500 million. Highlights of the broad-ranging collection, which includes an impressive number of iconic artists, encompass works by: Mark Rothko and Frank Stella; Pablo Picasso and Egon Schiele; Winslow Homer and Charles Burchfield; and Albrecht Dürer and Raphael.
Masterworks | 4 November
Modern & Contemporary Art | 5 November
American Art | 18 November
Old Masters | 27 January 2016
SHOWN:
18 November
Martin Johnson Heade,
The Great Florida Sunset, 1887.
Estimate $7,000,000-10,000,000
