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Samuel Goldwyn’s Art Collection On Offer at Sotheby’s

March 18, 2015 by Marion Maneker

The Goldwyn family are selling Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.’s art collection through Sotheby’s this Spring. The family is advised by Tobias Meyer. The New York Times has the story:

Some pieces were sold over the years — a notable Chagall in particular — but the Picasso and Matisse never budged after their purchase, which “makes them particularly desirable in the marketplace,” said Simon Shaw, Sotheby’s co-head of Impressionist and Modern art. (The Goldwyns bought the brightly colored Matisse, “Anémones et Grenades,” in 1948 for $13,500, or about $131,000 in today’s money. A low estimate of its current value is $5 million. The Picasso is valued at $12 million or more.)

“To me, these film pioneers and these artists had the same spirit and energy,” Mr. Shaw said. “The art had to be bold, I suppose, to hold its own in that house.”

Goldwyn Heirs to Sell Art and Hollywood Hills Mansion (NYTimes)

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