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Edlis, Stefan print view role Collector dates 1925-2019 city Chicago state IL other cities Aspen, CO; San Francisco, CA; Vienna, Austria; sex M historical notes Stefan Theodore Edlis was a plastics manufacturer (Apollo Plastics), a contemporary art collector, and philanthropist. Together with his wife, née H. Gael Neeson, Edlis formed a contemporary art collection. Their collection included work by, among others, George Condo, Jeff Koons, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman, Cy Twombly, Piet Mondrian, Maurizio Cattelan, Ugo Rondinone, Urs Fischer, and Andy Warhol. In The Price of Everything, Edlis discusses the rule he stuck by to manage his collection: “200 works, 40 artists.” Late in his collecting, Edlis preferred to trade works of art rather than buy them. The Edlis’ donated 42 works, valued at upwards of $400m, to the Art Institute of Chicago. The gift was given under one condition: that the works remain on view for at least 50 years. decades of activity 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 2010-2020 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:19 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Oral history interview with Helen Zell see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 The Zabriskie Gallery records see details... «  back