Emily Fisher Landau, the noted philanthropist and art collector, has made an important gift of 367 works of art to the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Estimated to be worth between $50 million and $75 million, the collection will help broaden the Whitney's collection as the New York institution votes on whether to build a $680 million second location in the meatpacking district.

Represented in the gift are nearly one hundred key figures in American art, including Carl Andre, Richard Artschwager, Carroll Dunham, William Eggleston, Peter Hujar, Jasper Johns, Glenn Ligon, Agnes Martin, Robert Rauschenberg, Susan Rothenberg, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, and Andy Warhol. An exhibition with an accompanying catalogue is planned for early 2011.