The artistic taste of computer genius is largely predetermined his main passion: mathematics, technology and ...

According to Bloomberg, the auction house Christie's to Auction a collection of computer industry pioneer, a descendant of immigrants Belarusian Max Palevsky (Max Palevsky), who died in May this year aged 85. Palevsky was one of the founders of Scientific Data Systems (SDS) and co-founder of Intel. His vast fortune enabled him to actively engage in philanthropy - so, titanium IT-business has allocated funds for the construction of the Pavilion's design "in Jerusalem's Israel Museum, gave the Art Museum Los Angeles County several dozen important works of the Movement Arts and Crafts" and donated one million dollars for the construction of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.

Assembly, which will appear at auction in October, has 250 works of art - from ancient times (including a marble bust of Venus, dates from the II century BC) to the post-war abstract works by Frank Stella (Frank Stella), and Alexander Calder (Alexander Calder). According to experts, the collection may bring up to $ 78 million.

artistic taste Palevsky largely predetermined his main hobbies, in particular, technology and mathematics. It is not surprising that the auction catalog, we see the "machine forms" Fernand Leger (Fernand Léger), robot-like character of Richard Lindner (Richard Lindner), construction of the Calder ... In addition, the computer genius was very fond of female sex (in his long life is only legal wives he had five). This passion is also reflected in the collecting of his preferences: take at least one of its main treasures, Leger painting "A cup of tea", which looked at us pyshnotelaya nude beauty, or a painting "Girl in the Mirror" by Roy Lichtenstein (Roy Lichtenstein), depicting Hollywood Blonde. Estimeyty these canvases represent 12 and $ 4 million, respectively.

Among the top lots also include Calder sculpture "Blackboard" (estimate: 3.5 million) for many years, standing at the pool house Palevsky in Palm Springs, and the bronze statue of Balzac, Rodin (600,000).

Christie's also said that in December, will sell works of decorative art from the collection of Palevsky, including silver vase Archibald Knox (Archibald Knox), estimated at 90 thousand dollars.

According to the head of postwar and contemporary art by Laura Paulson (Laura Paulson), estimeyty papers were given to "conservative." "Now is not the time when we can afford to inflate estimates at least for a little».

from 14 to 21 September, the collection will be exhibited in Paris, from 2 to 6 October - Hong Kong, from 9 to 14 October - in London, and finally, from 21 to 27 October - in New York.

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Source: artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru