Real-estate executive Elie Hirschfeld calls the works ‘more than just art,’ including pieces from David Hockney, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jacob Lawrence
Almost four decades ago, New York City real-estate executive Elie Hirschfeld came across a painting that spoke to him, a work by Thomas Hart Benton that depicted a street scene in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. Mr. Hirschfeld acquired the piece, and that sparked what became a continuing obsession—to collect art that tells the story of New York, past and present, in all its vibrant and quirky glory. Now, Mr. Hirschfeld and his wife, Sarah Hirschfeld, are donating the 130-piece collection to the New-York Historical Society, saying it is time to share it with the city as a whole.
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