Anne Bass was known for her impeccable taste—and now, the world will get a closer look at it. Next month, Christie’s will auction the late philanthropist’s private art collection, drawn from her Westover Hills mansion in Fort Worth, Texas. The sale offers a rare glimpse into the refined world of one of America’s most beloved arts patrons.
The auction, titled Art from the Bass House, is set to present May 12 to 15 at Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries in New York City. This single-owner evening sale, part of Christie’s Marquee Week of 20th and 21st Century Art, will feature 19 works from the Bass’s iconic Bass House, with total estimates exceeding $60 million.
Completed in the 1970s, the Bass House in Fort Worth, Texas, is a masterwork of late Modernist residential design. Conceived by architect Paul Rudolph for Sid and Anne Bass (who spent a full year drafting a letter to ask him), the home was built to showcase the couple’s growing art collection, with soaring walls, strategically placed skylights, and a flowing, gallery-like layout that blurs the line between architecture and exhibition space. Surrounded by gardens designed by Robert Zion and Russell Page, the house became not just a private residence but a quiet monument to the Bass’s passion for art, design, and landscape.
, which the auction house estimates will sell for about $35 million, was hung in the Piano Room of the Bass House.’ expand=” crop=’original’][/image]
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