Art Market Monitor

Global Coverage ~ Unique Analysis

  • AMMpro
  • AMM Fantasy Collecting Game
  • Podcast
  • Contact Us

Glimcher: Boston Backer

January 3, 2010 by Marion Maneker

Boston’s MFA is getting a 1927 Mondrian–“Composition With Blue, Yellow and Red”–courtesy of Arne Glimcher. Actually the painting comes from the estate of Sydney Janis, as Carol Vogel tells us, and was donate by the heir. Glimcher, however, was the connector:

“We had two drawings but no painting,” said Malcolm Rogers, director of the Museum of Fine Arts. “We have a strong interest in building our classic 20th-century collection. It’s not an area that Bostonians ever collected and if they didn’t collect it, we don’t have it.”

Arne Glimcher, chairman of PaceWildenstein, was selling several Mondrians on behalf of the Janis family and negotiated the gift. “Arne Glimcher was the magician here,” Mr. Rogers said. “He has strong roots in Boston and wants to help us develop the collection.”

Inside Art: An Actor’s Gift of Art (New York Times)

More from Art Market Monitor

  • Strauss South African Sale = R32m ($4.16m)Strauss South African Sale = R32m ($4.16m)
  • Sotheby’s to Change Buyer’s Premium Before November SalesSotheby’s to Change Buyer’s Premium Before November Sales
  • American Painting ResultsAmerican Painting Results
  • Auction Houses Dominate Dealers in Chinese Art MarketAuction Houses Dominate Dealers in Chinese Art Market
  • US News Ranks Top Fine Arts ProgramsUS News Ranks Top Fine Arts Programs
  • Ai Weiwei's Shanghai Studio Ordered DemolishedAi Weiwei's Shanghai Studio Ordered Demolished

Filed Under: Dealers

About Marion Maneker

Want to get Art Market Monitor‘s posts sent to you in our email? Sign up below by clicking on the Subscribe button.

Top Posts

  • After Pandemic’s Rapid Change, Sotheby’s Has 8 Predictions for 2021
  • Keith Haring’s 1989 Retrospect Comes to Sotheby’s London Prints Sale
  • Tony Podesta's Secret Art Buying
  • Four of Picasso's Women Valued at $28m Come to Christie's from Rose-Walters Collection
  • A Season of Improvisation: Fall 2020 New York Modern and Contemporary Art Auction Analysis
  • Norman Rockwell's Not Gay. But Is He a Great Artist?
  • Phillips Includes $2.5m Norman Rockwell Painting in November Evening Sale
  • Rauschenberg’s Buffalo II Leads Mayer Collection at Christie’s
  • Roy Lichtenstein’s Top Ten Auction Prices
  • Re-discovered John Constable Painting at Sotheby's in December
  • About Us/ Contact
  • Podcast
  • AMMpro
  • Newsletter
  • FAQ

twitterfacebooksoundcloud
Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
California Privacy Rights
Do Not Sell My Personal Information
Advertise on Art Market Monitor