Grand gift to Stanford University
ARTinvestment.RU   16 июня 2011

Collectors Harry and Mary Margaret Anderson donated 121 Stanford product of postwar art, including the vital work of Jackson Pollock, "Lucifer," worth about $ 100 million

Stanford University will soon become the owner of the richest collection of postwar art in the West Coast: a generous gift from the 121st paintings and sculptures have decided to make Harry and Mary Margaret Anderson (Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson) - one of the owners the most significant collections of abstract expressionism.

this collection long been interested in the Museum of Modern Art San Francisco (SFMOMA), which Anderson helped for many years. However, spouses collectors decided to donate his collection of Stanford, "so students, the public and all the art community will be able to fully explore the collection».

Anderson began collecting art in the 1960s, after a trip to Europe. First it was the work of French Impressionists, early modernists (Picasso, Matisse), the German expressionists (Emil Nolde), the early American modernists (Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dava). In 1969, Anderson decided to concentrate solely on postwar American art.

In group work, presented by Stanford, the works of abstract expressionism, postminimalizma, painting, color field, the California funk art (California Funk Art) , figurative art of the Bay Area of ​​San Francisco (Bay Area Figurative Art), a minimalist flow "Light and space» (Light and Space). The collection presents 86 works of authors, including Franz Kline (Franz Kline), Robert Motherwell (Robert Motherwell), (Mark Rothko), David Smith (David Smith), Helen Frankentaler (Helen Frankenthaler), Sam Francis (Sam Francis), Philip Guston (Philip Guston), Morris Louis (Morris Louis), Frank Stella (Frank Stella), Wayne Thiebaud (Wayne Thiebaud), etc.

Among the most striking works of the collection - a large canvas by Jackson Pollock (Jackson Pollock) «Lucifer» (1947). This painting, executed in the technique of spray - one of the last works of this level of private ownership. Painting abstract expressionism ideologue wrote in 1947, during the transition from more traditional style to his famous canvases spattered with paint. Several years ago, familiar with the job dealers claimed that Anderson offered to sell the "Lucifer" for $ 100 million, but the couple refused.

Now "Lucifer" and other priceless works donated to Stanford. University administration intends to build in 2014 for a collection of Anderson's own building.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Source : nytimes.com , news. stanford.edu , artinvestment.ru



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