The late Jerry Moss, known as a music mogul and the owner of superstar Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}), will have 13 works from his personal art collection sold in a single-owner section of Christie's 20th Century Evening Sale on Nov. 9, 2023, the auction house said in a release Oct. 10.
With a passion for art and horses, Moss watched Zenyatta win a remarkable 19 races from 20 career starts and celebrated her being named Horse of the Year in 2010 and champion older mare in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Spanning a range of genres and representing the European avant-garde, icons of Latin American art, and contemporary masters, Moss's subsequent property from the collection will be sold in the Marquee Week Day Sales and the Design Sales in December. In total, the collection is estimated to realize in excess of $50 million, with partial proceeds to benefit The Music Center.
Highlights from the collection include: Friday Kahlo's Portrait of Cristina, My Sister (estimate: $8–12 million) and Tamara de Lempicka's Fillette en rose (estimate: $7–10 million). The top lot of the group is Picasso's Nu couché, estimated to achieve $10–15 million.
Tina Moss, Trustee and Executor for the Estate of Jerry Moss, said, “Art, was always something personal to Jerry and related to love, beauty, or how an experience of something had touched him. The interest that he took in the artist and respect for their artistic creativity was at the heart of who he was and what he collected.”
The Collection of Jerry Moss will be on display at Christie's New York Rockefeller Center galleries, where the full collection will be on view from Oct. 28 through the day of the auction.
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