Artist Marisol Leaves Estate To Buffalo Gallery
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery‘s lucky streak continued Wednesday with the announcement of another major gift that will reshape the institution for future generations. Less than a year after the gallery received the largest single financial donation in its history, officials announced that the gallery has received its largest single donation of art: The vast and lucrative estate of pop artist and Buffalo favorite Marisol, who died last April. The estate includes more than 100 sculptures, some 150 works on paper, thousands of photographs and the artist’s New York City loft apartment. The impending sale of that apartment, worth an estimated $4 million to $5 million, will bolster the gallery’s endowment as it heads into its first major expansion in more than 50 years.
