Word: collector
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...American collector gave a group of 50-odd sculptures to Israel's National Museum. The collector: a) Robert Lehman...
Milstein now plays about 80 times a year on a U.S.-and-European schedule that is complicated by his adamant refusal to step into an airplane. A collector of fine paintings and a fancier of the good life ("There is no use to spend money unless it is for the best"), Milstein is not sure even now that he would repeat his career in music if he had it to do all over again. "In Russia," he explains ironically, "life is so dreary there is nothing to distract. But here my daughter has television, she has skiing-why music...
Quick to admit that his collection is far from comprehensive, Billy plans to augment it with new purchases. He has his eye on works by Picasso, Arp, Moore, Lehmbruck and Brancusi. Last week he announced another collector's gift of Chaim Gross's The Performers, said he would "adore to get more contributions." He concedes that he will miss his host of silent, carved and cast friends. But at 60, Billy is thinking of posterity and has no regrets. Says he: "What was I going to do with these two-ton knickknacks-leave them to my sister Polly...
Graves was undeterred by the fact that the painting belonged to Collector Manfred Selig, a dry-goods merchant who has made a specialty of collecting Northwestern artists since he emigrated to the U.S. from Germany in 1940. The alleged Graves was a recent acquisition (price: $200), had been lent to the gallery as part of a show of his collection. Before stalking out of the gallery and heading back to Ireland (where he now lives), Graves scribbled a note to Selig: "I'm outraged that these fake 'Graves' paintings are getting into good collections such as yours...
...another pointed out that "if all artists were to be permitted to destroy fakes or what they consider to be fakes, wherever they find them, all collections would be in jeopardy." A quipster proposed that Selig hang the damaged painting with the label: "Latest work of Morris Graves." But Collector Selig himself was relaxed, wrote Graves a letter: "Your anger was justifiable. I would prefer to leave payment or the choice of replacement of the damaged picture to you. Whatever you decide will be fine with...