A Georges Seurat that the couple owned, "La rade de Grandcamp," is estimated at about $30 million and may test the artist’s auction record of $35.2 million from 1999, especially since there haven’t been any major paintings by the artist at auction since prices have soared.
“It’s the last great, large-scale Seurat in private hands,” Porter said of the regatta scene.
David Rockefeller died in March. His wife, Peggy, died in 1996.
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