Sotheby's to show "Women" ~ A Loan Exhibition from the Collection of Steven & Alexandra Cohen

Written by Trevor Simmonds Wednesday, 04 January 2012 22:21

NEW YORK, NY - From April 2-14, 2009 a loan exhibition from the collection of Steven and Alexandra Cohen will be shown at Sotheby’s in New York. Entitled Women, the exhibition will focus on one area of the Cohen’s collection, works depicting female subjects. This remarkable assemblage of twenty masterpieces ranges from Edvard Munch’s Madonna and Pablo Picasso’s Le Repos to Willem de Kooning’s Women III and Andy Warhol’s Turquoise Marilyn, and includes paintings, sculpture, works on paper and photographs by the most influential artists of the modern era. The collection has never before been exhibited to the public.

“We are fortunate to live with art that encompasses so many different subjects,” said Mr. Cohen. “We found the idea of focusing on one theme intriguing. Our collection has not been curated before and to see this carefully selected group, hanging together in the Richard Gluckman-designed gallery space on Sotheby’s tenth floor, provides a fresh context that allows us to see these works in a whole new light. It will be an exciting experience for us. We’re delighted to be able to share part of our collection with the public and hope they will enjoy it as much as we do.”

“I was on a visit to the Cohen’s home several weeks ago,” said Tobias Meyer, Sotheby's Worldwide Head of Contemporary Art. “While seated at the dinner table, Picasso's Le Repos and Warhol's Turquoise Marilyn were both directly in my line of sight. Seeing those two works together showed the breadth that different artists can achieve with the same subject. One work was intensely physical, intensely sexual, while the other was almost reverential, a glorified and spiritual expression of stardom. When you see something extraordinary you want proximity to it, and as we left that evening I turned to Steve and suggested that we show his Women at Sotheby’s. ‘Let’s do it’ he said.

“The Cohen’s collection of 20th Century art is one of the most significant in the world. It has been assembled with rigor and attention to detail, but there is still the openness to expression. As collectors, they are curious and non-judgmental and totally free in their thinking. They equally appreciate the work of Munch, Picasso, de Kooning, Klein, Freud and Richter. The Cohens have been extremely generous in loaning individual works to important museum exhibitions, but never before has there been an entire exhibition focused on their art alone. It is a great privilege to take this collection of masterpieces, each work an essential image by the artist, and to share it with the world.”

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