安思遠在 1977 年的經濟蕭條期買下這套公寓,並獲得了在其中經營古董生意的許可。在這套公寓里,他與千餘件珍藏朝夕相處,也在其中招待朋友,會見客戶。這裡曾經高朋滿座,有來自歐洲的博物館館長,中國的青年學者,日本的策展人。大藏家約翰·洛克菲勒三世(John D. Rockefeller III,1906-1978)是他的忠實買家,女演員克勞黛·考爾白(Claudette Colbert,1903-1996)是他的紅顏知己,流行巨星弗蘭克·辛納屈(Frank Sinatra,1915-1998)常在他家中獻唱,紐約史上最惡名昭彰的黑手黨大佬約翰·戈蒂(John Gotti,1940-2002)在1992年入獄前也屢屢光臨,熏陶風雅。賓客往來,奇珍共賞,談笑風生,相與把玩,藝術品的展示、鑒賞、交易、收藏常常發生在不知不覺之間。
約翰·洛克菲勒三世Portrait of John Davison Rockefeller III (1906 – 1978), New York 1962. (Photo by Bachrach/Getty Images)女演員克勞黛·考爾白(Claudette Colbert,1903-1996)流行巨星弗蘭克·辛納屈(Frank Sinatra,1915-1998)黑手黨大佬約翰·戈蒂(John Gotti,1940-2002)
the collection of robert hatfield ellsworth | christie’s new york | 17-21 march 2015佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 photo credit lisa walsh | innerspace現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 polychrome wood figure of a seated bodhisattva | china | song-jin dynasty (960-1234) this sculpture greeted guests as they entered robert ellsworth’s apartment sold for us$ 1,685,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 58new york | 17-21 march 2015 photo credit lisa walsh | innerspace現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具gilt bronze figure of a seated bear | china | western han dynasty (206 bce-8 ce) one of a set of four weights, used to anchor the corners of a bamboo seating mat sold for us$ 2,853,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 1 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 stable with fine horses | one of a pair of six panel screens | japan | edo period (17th century) sold for us$ 509,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 45
現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具huanghuali waisted rectangular corner-leg games table | china | ming dynasty (17th century) robert ellsworth received this table as a 60th birthday gift sold for us$ 1,205,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 44現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具huanghuali waisted rectangular corner-leg games table | china | ming dynasty (17th century) robert ellsworth received this table as a 60th birthday gift sold for us$ 1,205,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 44現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具huanghuali waisted rectangular corner-leg games table | china | ming dynasty (17th century) robert ellsworth received this table as a 60th birthday gift sold for us$ 1,205,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 44現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具huanghuali waisted rectangular corner-leg games table | china | ming dynasty (17th century) robert ellsworth received this table as a 60th birthday gift sold for us$ 1,205,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 44
huanghuali recessed leg table | china | ming dynasty (17th century) 佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 1,565,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 46huanghuali recessed leg table | china | ming dynasty (17th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 1,565,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 46huanghuali recessed leg table | china | ming dynasty (17th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 1,565,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 46huanghuali recessed leg table | china | ming dynasty (17th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 1,565,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 46huanghuali recessed leg table | china | ming dynasty (17th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 1,565,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 46huanghuali recessed leg table | china | ming dynasty (17th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 1,565,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 46pair of huanghuali ‘four corner exposed’ official’s hat armchairs | china | ming dynasty (17th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 2,045,000 | christie’s new york | 18 march 2015 | sale 11419 | lot 121pair of huanghuali ‘four corner exposed’ official’s hat armchairs | china | ming dynasty (17th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 2,045,000 | christie’s new york | 18 march 2015 | sale 11419 | lot 121pair of huanghuali bamboo-form continuous horseshoe-back armchairs | china | late ming-early qing dynasty (17th-early 18th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 2,629,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 47pair of huanghuali bamboo-form continuous horseshoe-back armchairs | china | late ming-early qing dynasty (17th-early 18th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 2,629,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 47pair of huanghuali bamboo-form continuous horseshoe-back armchairs | china | late ming-early qing dynasty (17th-early 18th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 2,629,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 47
a set of four huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs | china | ming dynasty (17th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 9,685,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 41a set of four huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs | china | ming dynasty (17th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 9,685,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 41a set of four huanghuali horseshoe-back armchairs | china | ming dynasty (17th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 9,685,000 | christie’s new york | 17 march 2015 | sale 11418 | lot 41佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 do you think that these features make the four armchairs worth us$ 9,000,000?
大都會藝術博物館中的夏洛特與約翰·韋伯中國古代藝術館(Charlotte and John Weber Galleries)有一半的藏品是從安思遠處購買的,弗洛倫絲與赫伯特·埃爾文南亞及東南亞藝術館(Florence and Herbert Irving Galleries)有許多重量級的藏品同樣購自安思遠。時任大都會藝術博物館董事會主席、熱心東方藝術收藏的道格拉斯·狄龍(Douglas Dillon)和大都會中國古代藝術館的捐贈人夏洛特·韋伯都是安思遠在紐約五大道 960 號的近鄰和好友,相與往還,自是常事。
huanghuali horseshoe-back armchair | china | qing dynasty (17th-18th century)佳士得 現場拍賣 11419 錦瑟華年 – 安思遠私人珍藏 第二部分:中國傢具 sold for us$ 581,000 | christie’s new york | 18 march 2015 | sale 11419 | lot 1391971 年,安思遠出版了第一本著作《中國傢具:明清硬木傢具實例》大都會藝術博物館中的夏洛特與約翰·韋伯中國古代藝術館(Charlotte and John Weber Galleries)有一半的藏品是從安思遠處購買的