ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The Saint Louis Art Museum announced it has received promise of a multi-million dollar gift that includes 22 "masterpieces" from world-famous artists like Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.
The gift is among the most significant in the museum's 142-year history and comes from Emily Rauh Pulitzer, continuing a legacy of patronage by the Pulitzer family that dates back more than 90 years. She and her late husband Joseph Pulitzer Jr. have donated 144 works of art to the museum.
The works – which primarily are paintings and sculptures by 20th-century European and American artists – will be transferred to the museum at or before Mrs. Pulitzer's death, as she chooses.
The museum didn't estimate the total value of the pieces, but a few of them could have been sold for around $200 million at auction, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Works of art included in the most recent gift from Emily Rauh Pulitzer (photos below)
• Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, "Mask of Beethoven", c. 1905. Bronze with brown patina, partially gilded, hollow mask form (sand cast); 16 9/16 x 11 3/4 x 6 inches
• Constantin Brancusi, "Mademoiselle Pogany III", 1933. Polished bronze, limestone, and wood; Bronze: 17 1/2 x 7 x 9 1/2 inches; Limestone base: 9 x 9 1/2 x 9 inches; Wooden pedestal: 37 5/8 x 15 x 15 inches
• Georges Braque, "The Mantelpiece", 1921-1922. Oil with sand on canvas; 51 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches
• Alberto Giacometti, "Portrait of Isabel", 1937. Bronze; 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 9 inches
• Philip Guston, "Dark Room", 1978. Oil on canvas. 68 x 80 inches
• Rachel Harrison, "Sculpture with Raincoat", 2012. Wood, styrofoam, cement, acrylic, hanger, The Economist, and Gherardini rain coat; 68 x 27 x 20 1/2 inches
• Rachel Harrison, "Photograph", 2020. Pigmented inkjet print; 12 x 16 inches
• Gary Hill, "Liminal Objects #8", 1998. Single channel video installation (table, chairs, curtain); 45 x 16 x 16 inches
• Ellsworth Kelly, "Untitled", 1988. Oil on canvas; 110 1/2 x 110 1/2 inches
• Ellsworth Kelly, "Briar", 1960. Graphite on paper; 28 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
• Joan Miró, "Painting", 1953. Oil on canvas; 96 1/2 x 67 inches
• Joan Miró, "48", 1927. Oil and aqueous medium on glue-sized canvas; 57 1/2 x 45 inches
• Pablo Picasso, "Woman in a Red Hat", 1934. Oil on canvas; 57 5/8 x 44 3/4 inches
• Pablo Picasso, "Head of a Woman", 1962. Linocut in colors; 25 1/4 x 21 inches
• Henry Peach Robinson, "Portal of a Church". Photograph
• Medardo Rosso, "The Golden Age", 1886. Pigmented wax over plaster; 14 1/2 x 18 3/4 x 6 inches
• Georges Rouault, "Three Clowns", 1917. Oil on paper laid down on canvas; 41 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches
• Richard Serra, "Model for Twain", 1982. Corten steel; 5 1/2 x 59 3/4 x 64 3/4 inches
• Gedi Sibony, "The Other Great Abundance", 2014. Aluminum semi-trailer; 96 1/4 × 75 inches
• Richard Tuttle, "New Mexico, New York #2", 1998. Acrylic on fir plywood; Irregular: 19 x 24 inches
• Andy Warhol, "Self Portrait", 1967. Synthetic polymer paint silkscreened, brushed, and stenciled on canvas; 72 x 72 inches
• Andy Warhol, "Marilyn Monroe", 1967. Screen print; 35 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches
Georges Rouault, French, 1871–1958; "Three Clowns", 1917; oil on paper laid down on canvas; 41 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches© 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2021. Photograph by Bob Kolbrener
Rachel Harrison, American, born 1966; "Sculpture with Raincoat", 2012; wood, Styrofoam, cement, acrylic, hanger, The Economist magazine, and Gherardini rain coat; 68 x 27 x 20 1/2 inches© Rachel Harrison, Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York, Photograph by Jason Mandella
Richard Tuttle, American, born 1941; "New Mexico, New York #2", 1998; acrylic on fir plywood; irregular: 19 x 24 inches© Richard Tuttle, Courtesy of the artist and Pace Gallery
Pablo Picasso, Spanish, 1881–1973; "Woman in a Red Hat", 1934; oil on canvas; 57 5/8 x 44 3/4 inches© 2021 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, Photograph by Jean Paul Torno
Joan Miró, Spanish, 1893–1983; "48", 1927; oil and aqueous medium on glue-sized canvas; 57 1/2 x 45 inches© Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2021
Medardo Rosso, Italian, 1858–1928; "The Golden Age", 1886; pigmented wax over plaster 14 1/2 x 18 3/4 x 6 inchesPhotograph by Robert Pettus
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