Bonhams to sell Gene Hackman’s art collection and his Golden Globe Award

This November, Bonhams will hold an auction of works from the collection of the late actor Gene Hackman, who died in February.

Hackman, as art news At the time of his death, he was reportedly a major patron of the arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lived, and a painter in his own right. He serves on the board of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, spoke at the opening, and narrated a documentary about the artist.

Unsurprisingly, Hackman is also an art collector, although little has been reported so far about the collections he and his wife, classical musician Betsy Arakawa, who also died in February.

The Bonhams auction (which includes one live auction and two online auctions) is very interesting in this regard. The sale spans fine art, personal art and film memorabilia, including works by Milton Avery, Auguste Rodin and Richard Diebenkorn.

Field sales, titled “Gene Hackman: A Life in Art, Part One” It will be held on November 19 during the Big Fall Auction in New York. Five lots have been announced so far, the most valuable of which is a 1957 painting. figure on the pier Designed by Avery, it is estimated at $500,000 to $700,000. Hackman bought it at Sotheby’s in New York in 1997 for $244,500. Diebenkorn, 1986 color etching greenestimated at $300,000 to $500,000.

The online auction is conducted in two parts: the second from November 8 to 21, and the third from November 25 to December 4. The auction includes two of Hackman’s Golden Globe Awards for his role in royal tenenbaum family and unforgivableand a still life painting by the actor, estimated at $1,000 to $1,500.

(Bonhams does not appear to have posted all the lots on its website yet. A press release mentioned a Rodin work estimated at $200,000 to $300,000, as well as a large collection of annotated books, scripts, posters and other film memorabilia that have not yet appeared on the auction page.)

“These auction lots provide an intimate portrait of Hackman’s private world and offer collectors a rare opportunity to engage with his creative life,” Anna Hicks, head of private and iconic collections at Bonhams, said in a statement. “Whether it is through art, scripts or personal items, what is presented is not just a collection, but a life filled with purpose, curiosity and an uncompromising vision.”