“My interest has always been people.”
—Inger ElliottTreasures from the Estate of Inger and Osborn Elliott
Inger and Osborn Elliott cultivated an art collection worthy of praise. Their home served as a jewel box of taste, with brightly colored walls adorned with paintings, photographs, and drawings, all delicately and masterfully curated. The couple's diverse collection reflects their devotion to New York City's cultural, intellectual, and civic spheres, while also spanning a global reach of artistic styles and techniques. Inger, originally from Norway, had a passion for photojournalism that brought her to Southeast Asia, where she documented the Vietnam War from a helicopter. She would later go on to found China Seas, a design firm specializing in batik textiles. Osborn, a revolutionary Newsweek editor and social advocate, went on to become the Dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Trailblazers in their own regard, the Elliotts amassed a collection including rare, early works by Willem de Kooning, Wassily Kandinsky, and Milton Avery, among those by many other innovative modern and post-war painters, photographers, and printmakers.
Inger and Osborn Elliott Inger and Oz's eye for style, together with a casual, chic approach to curation, set them apart from other collectors. It is their charisma that lives on through these artworks, proving that a distinct approach to collecting yields the finest quality. These artworks not only have excellent provenance, but also exhibit a unique rarity and quality, remarkably contemporary despite their age.
Literature
Günter Krüger 224
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF INGER AND OSBORN ELLIOTT
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Weib vom Manne begehrt, from Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (Woman Desired by Man, from German Printmakers of Our Time) (K. 224)
1919
Woodcut, on buff wove paper, with full margins.
I. 9 7/8 x 6 1/4 in. (25.1 x 15.9 cm)
S. 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. (32.4 x 24.1 cm)
Bears a signature in pencil, from the unsigned edition of 500 (there was also a deluxe edition of 100 and a signed and numbered edition of 30), published by Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig, framed.
Estimate
$400 - 500
Sold for $826
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New York Auction 27 June 2024
