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2 unusual facts about Robert Lehman


Robert Lehman

A lover of horses and a polo enthusiast, Robert Lehman played on a polo team with Averell Harriman, Jock Whitney and Tommy Hitchcock, Jr..

The importance of his collection became such that in 1957, nearly three hundred works were used for a solo exhibit at the Louvre Museum's Musée de l'Orangerie in the Tuileries Gardens in Paris.


Benjamin Sonnenberg

A self-described "cabinetmaker who fashioned large pedestals for small statues", Sonnenberg represented such individuals as Samuel Goldwyn, Robert Lehman, William S. Paley and David O. Selznick.


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