NEW YORK – Christie's is honored to announce the third and final installment of the Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Wheatland. Following the October 2022 marquee week of landmark sales and the June 2023 iteration, Temple of Wings, this October Christie’s will present the contents of Ann Getty’s childhood home. The collection will be sold over one live auction in New York on October 18 and 19, with a concurrent online sale ending on October 20.

Jonathan Rendell, Christie’s Deputy Chairman – Americas, commented: "Ann Getty's discerning eye for beauty found its ultimate canvas in the Wheatland estate, where her refined taste harmoniously wove together history, art, and nature into a tapestry of timeless elegance. We are proud to present this final installment of such a historic series of sales, in which the Gettys impeccable taste and high standards shine through the collection’s exceptional quality across a multitude of categories.”

Wheatland, originally a farm with walnut and peach orchards, is located on the outskirts of a small agricultural town in Northern California. Driven by romanticism rather than convenience, Ann Gilbert Getty transformed her childhood home into her own vision of the English country house. Faithful to the tradition, Wheatland seamlessly melds with its picturesque rural surroundings, as if it had organically evolved over centuries.

Wheatland offers an intimate and intentionally informal experience. The interiors, crafted meticulously, bring together collecting traditions tied to Ann Getty’s Dutch heritage. The gardens and orchards find representation in important Dutch Old Master still lifes by artists like Balthasar van der Ast and Nicolaes van Veerendael, accompanied by arrays of Delft fruit. The collection also includes noteworthy English furniture and decorative arts, featuring pieces by Chippendale, Langlois, Ince and Mayhew, and Matthew Boulton.

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

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS – THE COLLECTION OF ANN & GORDON GETTY – WHEATLAND

SALES

The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection: Wheatland | Live | New York | October 18, 19 | 10 AM

The Ann and Gordon Getty Collection: Wheatland | Online | Opens for bids on October 6, closing 20 October

ABOUT ANN AND GORDON GETTY

Ann Gilbert Getty (1941-2020) is remembered as a philanthropist, publisher, author, interior designer, and patron of the arts. A California native, Mrs. Getty grew up on a farm in Wheatland, CA. She founded Ann Getty and Associates, a San Francisco-based residential interior design firm. Mrs. Getty was an influential benefactor to countless organizations throughout her lifetime, including the University of California Berkeley, the San Francisco Opera, the San Francisco Symphony, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Leakey Foundation, and the Napa Valley Festival. In New York, she served on the boards of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, and New York University.

Gordon Peter Getty (b.1933) is a philanthropist and American composer who has made a lifetime of contributions to the world of classical music. In 2019, he was awarded the prestigious European Culture Prize, recognizing his extraordinary legacy. Gordon Getty's music has been performed in such prestigious venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, London’s Royal Festival Hall, Vienna’s Brahms-Saal, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and Bolshoi Theatre, and Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, as well as at the Aspen, Spoleto and Bad Kissingen Festivals, and Festival Napa Valley. He is the fourth child of J. Paul Getty (1892-1976), whose celebrated collection of art and antiquities formed the basis of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

For more information, please visit: www.christies.com/Getty