$450 Million Worth of Newhouse Trophies Come to Christie’s

Despite his influential role as media mogul, S.I. Newhouse Jr., the longtime leader of Condé Nast and Advance Publications, who died in 2017, was famously opaque, shy and socially awkward.

But he was bold and crystal clear about the kind of paintings and sculptures he wanted to buy — the best of the best, purchases which over the years amounted to one of the leading art collections in the country.

Those prizes included a large horizontal Jackson Pollock drip painting (“Number 7A, 1948”) and a regal Constantin Brancusi head of bronze and gold leaf from 1913 (“Danaïde”).

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