The Collection of Ann & Gordon Getty: Wheatland

This October, Christie’s New York will present the final installment of The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection. Completing the landmark series of sales held in October 2022 and June 2023, this grand finale features the collection from Mrs. Getty’s birthplace, a walnut farm outside of Sacramento known as Wheatland.

Impelled by romanticism rather than convenience, Ann Gilbert Getty transformed her childhood home into her own rendition of the English country house. Faithful to the tradition, Wheatland appears effortlessly fused into its surrounding picturesque landscape, as though it grew slowly for centuries alongside the sprawling avenues of walnut trees that line the approach. Assembled with the greatest affection, the interiors are a triumphant collaboration of collecting traditions rooted in Mrs. Getty’s Dutch heritage. The farm’s gardens and orchards are pulled to the interior through important Dutch Old Master still lifes by the likes of Van der Ast and Van Verendael and cornucopias of Delft fruit. The collection as a whole is filled with important English Furniture and Decorative Arts including works by Chippendale, Langlois, Ince and Mayhew and Matthew Boulton.

Proceeds will benefit selected arts and science organizations designated by Ann and Gordon Getty.

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