Museums in New York and Los Angeles receive collection of 63 modern works

The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation is splitting its collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern artworks among three prestigious institutions: the Brooklyn Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma), and Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. The Brooklyn Museum will receive 29 pieces, Lacma will obtain six pieces, and MoMA will take home 28 pieces. The collection, established decades ago by Henry Pearlman, includes significant works from renowned artists and has traveled through various exhibitions. The Pearlman Foundation's current donation represents the last of its holdings.

The Brooklyn Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) and Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York will receive a collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and modern works belonging to the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation.

The Pearlman Foundation collection's origins date to 1945, when the Brooklyn-born businessman Henry Pearlman bought a Soutine landscape painting and never looked back.

The foundation has previously donated works to other museums and sold pieces at auction; the 63 works going to the Brooklyn Museum, Lacma and MoMA are the last remaining works in the collection.

For years, we have explored every model we could imagine for the future ownership and guardianship of this collection, said Daniel Edelman, the Pearlman Foundation's president.

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