Bill Cosby Sells Painting, Takes Loan on Vast Art Collection
Cosby, wife Camille sold a Benton, borrowed against another
They own ‘significant collection,’ their former curator says
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Originally published November 9, 2018 at 8:00am EST
Bill Cosby and his wife Camille privately sold an iconic painting by Thomas Hart Benton called “Going West” earlier this year, according to gallery owners who participated in the deal.
Camille Cosby also pledged another Benton painting, “The Instruction,” as collateral for a loan from an art finance firm run by Asher Edelman, according to a September regulatory filing. Edelman confirmed the loan.
Beginning in the late 1960s, the couple built “the most significant collectionin the hands of an African American family,” David Driskell, their former curator, wrote in a book titled “The Other Side of Color.” They acquired at least 300 works by artists of color as well as those by Renoir, Rembrandt, Picasso and Matisse. […]