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Hammer to Inherit “Dream Collection”

Published: July 9, 2007
LOS ANGELES—The UCLA Hammer Museum has been chosen by Colorado developer Larry Marx and his wife Susan to inherit the couple’s collection of drawings and other works on paper, which includes works by Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, and other prominent figures of the post-World War II era, the Los Angeles Times reports. The museum is also able to borrow or display any of the works from now until the Marxes die or decide to hand them over early. The monetary value of the gift has not been tallied, but Gary Garrels, the Hammer's chief curator and deputy director of exhibitions, said the number is likely at least in the seven figures. He called the works “an absolute dream collection, a cornerstone for decades to come."

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