Juan Gris, Figure Seated in a Café (Man at a Table) (1914). via New York Times
Leonard Lauder, the former chairman of Estée Lauder and a noted collector of early 20th century art, has donated a vast collection of Cubist works to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, valued at more than $1 billion.
The collection of works, which includes 33 Picassos, 17 Braques, 14 Légers and 14 works by Gris, fills a major gap in The Met’s collection, which has faced criticism in the past for being relatively weak on early 20th century art. “In one fell swoop this puts the Met at the forefront of early-20th-century art,” said director Thomas P. Campbell. “It is an unreproducible collection, something museum directors only dream about.”
Mr. Lauder’s collection will be exhibited in part during a 2014 exhibition at the museum.
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