04-10-2013, 05:58 PM
$tevie wrote:
Lauder is a long-time art collector and benefactor of museums.
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/26/arts/w...wanted=all&src=pm
This is his personal collection, amassed over four decades.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/...0#/#coverv
He has in the past donated his collection of more than twenty thousand Japanese postcards to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston:
http://www.mfa.org/collections/asia/art-...e-postcard
This is a renowned collection and a very nice gift to the Museum.
agree. MOMA is awesome - wish I could get to NYC this spring for a visit.