The private collection of the late American philanthropist and art collector Anne Marion will be unveiled at Sothebyâs in New York, ahead of a number of sales in May. Her collection, anchored by post-war American art, is estimated in the region of $150 million (â¬125m).
She was the fourth generation of the Texan Burnett ranching dynasty, whose distinctive red and white barn was used as the backdrop for Marlboro cigarette advertising in the 1960s and 1970s. She died of lung cancer in February 2020.
The family owned more than a third of a million acres at their 6666 ranch, one of the largest in the Lone Star State.