OMAHA, NE.- Joslyn Art Museum announced today that it has executed a letter of intent documenting an intended gift of fifty works from the Phillip G. Schrager Collection of Contemporary Art. The intended gift is subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.

Over more than sixty years living and working in Omaha, Schrager (1937–2010) built an impressive collection of contemporary art that is nationally renowned. As part of Joslyn’s permanent collection, the public will have unprecedented access to the Schrager Collection.

“This is nothing less than a transformative gift — the single most important gift of art to Joslyn Art Museum since its founding days, and one that instantly propels our Museum to a new position on the international museum stage,” noted Becker. “The Schrager Collection greatly expands the range of contemporary art and artists represented at Joslyn. We cannot begin to express how grateful we are that this collection will be entrusted to Joslyn for the enjoyment of our visitors today and in the future.”

The intended gift to the Museum will add significant works by many artists to Joslyn’s collection.