Christie's to auction the $65 million private collection of Marian Goodman

The personal collection of trailblazing gallerist and artist champion Marian Goodman will headline Christie's Spring Marquee Week offerings of 20th and 21st Century art in New York this May. Breaking Ground: The Private Collection of Marian Goodman comes from the Manhattan home of Marian Goodman, a consummate collector and renowned gallerist whose life and work shaped the development of the contemporary art landscape, and whose legacy includes the careers of countless artists she advocated for and supported, including Gerhard Richter, whose work is prevalent in the works she kept closest. Ms. Goodman's private collection will be presented in a series of three cohesive auctions, beginning with a single-owner sequence of seven sublime paintings by Gerhard Richter at the start of the 21st Century Evening Sale on May 20. Marian's Richters include seven works executed by the artist from 1982 to 2009, offering a visual map of Ms. Goodman's tr