The gleaming San Francisco residence of the late Chara Schreyer, one of the world’s foremost contemporary and modern art collectors, has gone on the market for $4.9 million.
Schreyer began collecting in the early 1970s, focusing on art that challenged the status quo – “make weird,” as she called it. Its collection quickly grew to include works by some of the most important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Eva Hesse, Joseph Beuys, Louise Nevelson and Donald Judd.
From left to right: Christian Marclay, boobs (1989), Yayoi Kusama Screw (1964) on the table, and Willem De Kooning’s Untitled (standing figure) (1969-1980). Photo: Jeffrey Frisk. Courtesy of Sotheby’s International Realty.
The gallery genre foot on the ground at the top of the Four Seasons Residential Tower—offered by Sotheby’s International Realty in San Francisco— is one of five homes across California that Schreyer has divided his collection into, including his main home in Tiburon, just across the Golden Gate Bridge.
Chara Schreyer, in white, leads a tour of her art-filled home in Los Angeles for the Visionary Women Luncheon, 2021. Photo: Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Visionary Women.
Schreyer often opened his homes to the public for tours of his collection. Over the past decade, she has personally led over 200 tours for university groups, museum boards and cultural institutions ranging from the Center Pompidou to the Guggenheim.
Schreyer has served on the boards of several California museums, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA), and the Hammer Museum. She has also supported the Contemporary Jewish Museum, where she helped lead the expansion designed by Daniel Libeskind in 2008.
Lawrence Weiner, A OneWay Folded Cotton Cloth to Enhance Afterwards Ironed (2008). Photo: Jeffrey Frisk. Courtesy of Sotheby’s International Realty.
“Chara was a legendary collector, visionary and advocate for artists”, remembers Maria Seferian, Chairman of the MOCA Board of Directors. “His legacy will be long remembered for his vision, passion and generosity.”
The San Francisco condominium, which spans 2,730 square feet in the northwest corner of the Four Seasons, has a concierge, 24/7 in-room dining, and a restaurant. on-site Equinox fitness center, not to mention oversized windows with side views of the Humboldt Building. dome. Schreyer purchased the 24th floor unit precisely for its view of the historic structure, a symbol of the city’s rebirth after the 1906 earthquake.
From left to right: Gilbert & George, black look (1974), Man Ray, Photograph by Marcel Duchamp (1949), Dan Flavin, Untitled (for Charlotte and Jim Brooks) 2 (1964), and John Baldessari, The artist is a fountain (deposit) (2002). Photo: Jeffrey Frisk. Courtesy of Sotheby’s International Realty.
Architect Timothy Gemmill designed the space to echo the city’s blocks and grids, with sophisticated touch-sensitive lighting controls to showcase the artwork. The interior design was envisioned by Gary Hutton in a collaboration that spanned four decades. The creation of Schreyer and Hutton friendship is explored in the 2014 book art house (published by Assouline), a visual tour of the five houses created to showcase an extraordinary art collection.
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