"More than a dozen jewels from the collection of the late billionaire and philanthropist Elaine Wynn will come to auction at Christie's in New York this autumn, though its crown jewel-Francis Bacon's 1969 triptych Three Studies of Lucian Freud, which she bought for a then-world record $142.4m at Christie's in 2013-has been bequeathed to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma). Christie's expects the works from Wynn's collection headed to the auction block to collectively bring more than $75m."
"Christie's will get to move several trophy works during its 20th-century evening sale, 21st-century evening sale and post-war and contemporary day sale in New York in November. Two works consigned from Wynn's estate have estimates of $15m to $25m: the playful late Lucian Freud studio scene The Painter Surprised by a Naked Admirer (2005) and the bright Richard Diebenkorn abstraction Ocean Park #40 (1971)."
""My mother celebrated every piece that she collected," Elaine's daughter Gillian Wynn said in a statement. "She felt privileged to live with each and every one, but always understood that she was merely a temporary custodian. Good art moves and provokes us and then must live on to do the same for others.""
Elaine Wynn's estate will send more than a dozen important artworks to auction at Christie's in New York this autumn, while the Francis Bacon 1969 triptych Three Studies of Lucian Freud has been bequeathed to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma). Christie's projects the estate group could collectively fetch more than $75 million. Sales will appear across the 20th-century evening, 21st-century evening and post-war and contemporary day auctions in November. Highlighted lots include Lucian Freud's The Painter Surprised by a Naked Admirer (2005) and Richard Diebenkorn's Ocean Park #40 (1971), plus works by Joan Mitchell, J.M.W. Turner, Wayne Thiebaud and others.
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