Christie’s to auction Dallas billionaire Ed Cox’s impressionist paintings valued at $200M

In his 99-yr life time, Dallas oil billionaire Edwin “Ed” L. Cox Sr. assembled a remarkable non-public selection of impressionist paintings, which includes masterpieces by Caillebotte, Cézanne and Van Gogh.

Christie’s will announce on Thursday that it will auction “The Cox Selection: The Story of Impressionism” in November at its Rockefeller Galleries in New York.

The auction property estimates that the sale will fetch $200 million.

An supplemental sale of Cox’s decorative arts and home furniture will acquire spot on the web in December.

A portion of the proceeds from equally auctions, the dates of which haven’t been established, will benefit instructional triggers.

Cox, who died in November, was an ardent supporter of Southern Methodist College and the namesake of its organization university.

The centerpiece painting, which will be highlighted on the catalog address, is Gustave Caillebotte’s Jeune Homme à Sa Fenêtre (Younger Male at His Window), which Christie’s expects to sell for additional than $50 million. Vincent van Gogh’s Cabanes de Bois Parmi les Oliviers et Cyprès (Wood Huts Among the Olive Trees and Cypress Trees) need to promote in the community of $40 million. And L’Estaque Aux Toits Rouges (L’Estaque With Red Roofs) painted by Paul Cézanne could convey in $35 million to $55 million, the auctioneers estimate.

To start with general public viewing

Christie’s evidently has fantastic vibes when it arrives to abundant Texas oilmen and their artwork collections.

In Oct, Christie’s auctioned T. Boone Pickens’ acclaimed Western artwork selection, which highlighted performs by Frederic Remington, Thomas Moran and N.C. Wyeth as effectively as paintings by well known modern day painters Howard Terpning and G. Harvey.

The sale topped expectations when the 75 parts offered for $20.4 million — about $5 million extra than predicted.

If the Cox impressionist and write-up-impressionist collection life up to Christie’s hopes, it would convey in 10 instances that quantity.

“Christie’s is honored to present this prestigious collection from Ed Cox with performs of artwork that have been unseen to the marketplace in generations,” claimed Bonnie Brennan, president of Christie’s Americas. “It is in particular considerable to be entrusted with an additional legendary collection from Texas. While the Cox selection is composed of impressionist masterpieces and Pickens’ selection was masterworks of Western art, each collections are from a technology of Texans who led the way inside the power sector, ended up fantastic philanthropists and civic leaders as perfectly as passionate artwork collectors.”

Christie’s said the Cox collection is 1 of “the very best and most costly impressionist collections ever to be offered,” 2nd only to the Peggy and David Rockefeller selection that introduced in $835 million in 2018.

Touring the planet

Cox and his wife, Ruth Ann, who died in 1984, started amassing impressionist masterpieces in the 1970s, and that “led to the greatest collection of its type still left in private fingers,” mentioned Stephane Connery, artwork adviser to the Cox estate. “It is a joy to know that so lots of will ultimately get to uncover this kind of a famous group of works, a lot of of which had been last seen publicly just before Globe War II.”

The performs have graced the walls of the late couple’s historic 110-yr-outdated, 20,000-square-foot Highland Park mansion, which is nestled on approximately 7 acres on Beverly Generate at Preston Highway. The household is owned by the Edwin L. Cox Irrevocable Trust.

The trio of impressionist masterpieces, alongside with other highlights from the selection, will tour the planet with stops in Taipei, Tokyo, Hong Kong and London in advance of the auction preview in New York.

There will be non-public shopper showings and programming of the highlights in Dallas, but they will not be aspect of a community party right here, Christie’s mentioned.