| Joseph Byrne Wednesday, September 19, 2012 |
When Rudolph and Hannelore Schulhof got into collecting art, they did it the right way. Their Long Island home holds approximately 350 works of art that they have been collecting since the 1950's. This incredible collection houses some of the 20th century's best works from its most gifted artists. When the widowed Hannelore passed away back in February of this year, the fate of this collection was a matter of curiosity among museums and art collectors alike.
Wednesday, the auction house Christie's announced that they will be auctioning off 63 of these famous pieces from the Long Island home. Some of the works that will be auctioned off have some famous names attached to them like; Joan Miro, Ellsworth Kelly and Robert Indiana. One hundred pieces within the collection have already been promised to three different museums. The largest portion of this is going to be donated to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, and other gifts have been promised to the Israeli Museum, Jerusalem and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
In order to give the auction a much better appeal, Christie's is opening the doors of the Schulhof mansion this Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This public viewing will be at 12 Dock Lane in Kings Point, on the North Shore of Long Island, will give visitors a look at where this family of six lived daily with the sort of art that most only see in museums.
Talking about the Schulhof's and their incredible collection, Laura Paulson, international director for Post-War and Contemporary art at Christie's said, "They lived with every work they owned. There was a place for everything. It lived so harmoniously—a mix of European and American artists."
The auction is part of the Impressionist and Modern Art Works sale and its Post-War and Contemporary Art sessions. It is expected that the art will sell for a collectective $25 million.
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