An American Place: The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection
The sale of the Barney A. Ebsworth Collection totaled $372,500,000, making it the fourth most valuable collection to come to auction. At the time of sale, 13 artist records were established, including the highest price achived for a pre-war American artist with Edward Hopper’s Chop Suey, which sold for a commanding $91,875,000.
The Book.
Published to coincide with the highly anticipated sale of The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection at Christie’s New York in November 2018, An American Place borrows it’s name from Alfred Stieglitz famed gallery. Representing the best in American paintings and sculpture, the Ebsworth Collection traces several prominent movements in the history of American art: the Impressionist era Americans in Paris, the illustrious Stieglitz Circle, the W.P.A. Federal Arts Project artists, and Abstract Expressionist action painters. This insightful volume brings to life the best in pre- and post-war American art through rich illustrations and original scholarly texts.
Publisher: Christie’s Inc., November 2018
Marci Imamoglu, Design // Various Authors
“Nobody starts as a collector. You buy a few things you like, and then eight or ten items in, someone says, ‘Boy, you have a great collection,’ and then you realize you have a collection.”
— Barney A. Ebsworth