Peter Stuyvesant collection to be auctioned in Amsterdam
- March 01, 2010 17:45
In the 1960s, a cigarette factory in The Netherlands was adorned with contemporary art, mostly big and colorful abstract paintings, in an effort to inspire productivity among the workers.
On March 8, 163 masterpieces from this coveted corporate collection will be on the auction block in Amsterdam. Sotheby's will hammer down key works by Karel Appel, Robert Mangold, Martin Kippenberger, Mike Kelley, and others. Estimates are said to be conservative.
![A 19th century Seven Piece "Chrysanthemum" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago](/images/c/78/96/Tiffany___Co__Makers_Seven_Piece_"Chrysanthem100x100_c.jpg "A 19th century Seven Piece \"Chrysanthemum\" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago")
_-Closing-the-Distance_100x100_c.jpg "Lot 204: Bob Kuhn (1920–2007),Closing the Distance, 1977, acrylic on masonite, 24 x 48 in, Sold: $409,500")
