Property from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp to Be Offered During Old Masters Week

NEW YORK, NY.- Sotheby’s will offer drawings, furniture and decorations from the private residences of museum director and art collector Charles Ryskamp on 25 January 2011, as a highlight of Old Masters Week in New York. Mr. Ryskamp served as Director of The Pierpont Morgan Library, now The Morgan Library & Museum, and the Frick Collection for a combined total of nearly 30 years, helping to make both institutions among the most prestigious museums in New York City. He began buying drawings at auction at age 13, and his collection has since been the subject of exhibitions at The Morgan Library & Museum and the Yale Center for British Art. Works from the sale will be on exhibition beginning 20 January, and are being sold for the primary benefit of Princeton University, where Mr. Ryskamp began his academic career. Charles Ryskamp had an extraordinary impact on both the arts and society in New York City. He began teaching 18

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