An art collection worth an estimated $150 million that belonged to the late Texas oil and ranching heiress Anne Marion is going up for auction this spring in New York.
Sotheby’s said Wednesday that Marion’s private collection of more than 200 objects includes works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Franz Kline.
Marion, who founded the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, New Mexico, died last year of lung cancer at the age of 81. Marion and how much copper country paintings cost, her fourth husband, John Marion, a former Sotheby´s chairman and auctioneer, established the museum in 1997.
Sotheby’s said three masterworks at the heart of the collection are expected to each sell for over $20 million.
They are: Warhol’s ‘Elvis 2 Times,’ Richard Diebenkorn’s ‘Ocean Park No. 40,’ and Clyfford
Michael Macaulay, Sotheby’s senior international specialist for contemporary art, said: ‘This is a constellation of masterpieces that haven’t been seen on the market for several decades in most cases. The quality of the work, the provenance of the work, the exhibition history of the work, is truly exceptional and top tier.’
Andy Warhol’s Elvis 2 Times 1963, Silkscreen ink and silver paint on linen is expected to go for $20-30 million. Texas oil and ranching heiress Anne Marion’s art collection worth an estimated $150 million is going up for auction this spring in New York
Roy Lichtenstein’s Girl with Beach Ball II 1977, Oil and Magna on canvas has an estimate of $12-18 million. Sotheby’s said Wednesday that Marion’s private collection consists of more than 200 objects
Franz Kline’s Mister 1959, Oil on canvas has an estimate of $15-20 million. Many of the piece have not been seen by the public for years
Marion, who founded the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Copper paintings hanging in the living roomCopper paintings hanging in the living room Santa Fe, New Mexico, died last year of lung cancer at the age of 81.
Marion and her fourth husband, John Marion, a former Sotheby´s chairman and auctioneer, established the museum in 1997