David Teiger

David Teiger, a New Jersey management consultant who amassed a broad collection of modern, folk, and contemporary artwork, diedNovermber 30 2014 of natural causes following an illness at the age of 85. Teiger, who frequently sported colorful clothes that popped against his bright white hair, had already acquired significant works by Rothko, de Kooning, and Diebenkorn when he began collecting American folk art in the early 1990s. He was particularly attracted to weathervanes, especially those in the shape of horses. It is currently unclear what will become of Teiger’s extensive collection, which includes a wealth of video art as well as work by Jeff Koons, Jenny Saville, Dana Schutz, Neo Rauch, and Yoshitomo Nara. Some speculated that, due to Teiger’s “complex personal life,” it will all all come up at auction.