Paul Allen, Microsoft?s Co-Founder to Sell US$1B Worth of Artworks at Christie?s
Highlights from the auction include Jasper Johns?s ?Small False Start? and Pau Cézanne?s ?La Montagne Sainte-Victoire?.
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Paul Allen with an artwork.
Aside from being known as one of the co-founders of Microsoft, Paul Allen is also an ardent art collector. His collection of artworks spanning from paints to sculptures is worth an estimated US$1 billion. The trove of masterpieces will be sold by Christie?s in November this year, which will likely be the most expensive ever sold in the industry, even beating out the sale of the court-ordered Macklowe collection held by Sotheby?s early this year at US$922 million.
Allen grew into prominence in the 1970s as a tech pioneer. He used his massive wealth for philanthropic causes, where he supported the movement to bring art closer to the people by loaning his artworks to major museums and galleries. His investment company Vulcan, also commissioned public art projects around the city and showcased local talents. In 2018, Allen passed on, whose cause of death was complications from non-Hodgkin?s lymphoma.
According to The New York Times, ?Among the highlights of the works from the Allen estate that will be for sale is Jasper Johns? acrylic and paper collage ?Small False Start? from 1960, estimated to bring more than US$50 million, and Paul Cézanne?s ?La Montagne Sainte-Victoire? (1888-90), estimated at ...
The post Paul Allen, Microsoft’s Co-Founder to Sell US$1B Worth of Artworks at Christie’s appeared first on LUXUO.
Paul Allen with an artwork.
Aside from being known as one of the co-founders of Microsoft, Paul Allen is also an ardent art collector. His collection of artworks spanning from paints to sculptures is worth an estimated US$1 billion. The trove of masterpieces will be sold by Christie?s in November this year, which will likely be the most expensive ever sold in the industry, even beating out the sale of the court-ordered Macklowe collection held by Sotheby?s early this year at US$922 million.
Allen grew into prominence in the 1970s as a tech pioneer. He used his massive wealth for philanthropic causes, where he supported the movement to bring art closer to the people by loaning his artworks to major museums and galleries. His investment company Vulcan, also commissioned public art projects around the city and showcased local talents. In 2018, Allen passed on, whose cause of death was complications from non-Hodgkin?s lymphoma.
According to The New York Times, ?Among the highlights of the works from the Allen estate that will be for sale is Jasper Johns? acrylic and paper collage ?Small False Start? from 1960, estimated to bring more than US$50 million, and Paul Cézanne?s ?La Montagne Sainte-Victoire? (1888-90), estimated at ...
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