Works from the Weinberg Collection Going Under the Hammer at Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s sold several pieces this spring at the estate of Swiss collectors Rolf and Margit Weinberg in New York. In a statement, the House said they spanned “a masterpiece from the late 19th century and are groundbreaking examples of early abstraction and expressionism.”

From a modern perspective: The collection of Rolf & Margit Weinberg will be available for sale in a modern evening sale on May 13, including works by Edgar Degas, Egon Schiele, Edvard Munch, Henri Matisse and Wassily Kandinsky. Paul Cézanne Portrait of Lady Cézanne (c.1877) – Title as Auction.

Sotheby’s said the “visionary” Weinbergs “has assembled one of Europe’s most outstanding collections over the past 50 years.” The house described Cézanne’s paintings as “psychologically accused” and said his “mysterious portrait of his wife – with a total of 29 pictures, most importantly in the collection of large museums – is considered one of the most important and most important paintings of the works.”

Portrait of Lady Cézanne It is estimated to be $7 million higher. Matisse’s vitality Le Bras The estimated value of (1938) is US$6 million. Sotheby’s said the latter is “a delicate distillation of female portraits, clothing and patterns that define the output of Matisse’s famous delightful period while foreseeing the expressive space and form of his iconic post-care paper cut.”

“It is rare to see these days a collection that has been carefully formed over decades, an irrefutable feeling of quality under the guidance of a true connoisseur, and always an evolving eye,” Sotheby’s America chairman Lisa Dennison said in a statement. “This is a cultural heritage collected in the purest sense.”

Schiele’s oil on the canvas on the panel, titled Gewitterberg (Kapelle Auf Dem Kreuzberg Bei Krumau) (1910) and Kandinsky’s anfang (start) (1925) – Oil on board – is expected to receive between $2 million and $3 million.

Nick Deimel, Senior Vice President of Modern American Art in the 20th century, such as the rise of expressionism and abstraction.

Since Weinberg’s extensive collection exhibition “From El Greco to Mondrian”, many works have rarely appeared in public.

The paintings will be displayed in Sotheby’s New York Public on May 2.