When the museum “tried to acquire it from the Swiss dealer Ernst Beyeler in the ’70s, another client with deeper pockets and an ambition to establish a great collection of modern Western art bought it first–the shah of Iran.”
When the museum “tried to acquire it from the Swiss dealer Ernst Beyeler in the ’70s, another client with deeper pockets and an ambition to establish a great collection of modern Western art bought it first–the shah of Iran.”