Benefit Shop presents medical foundation’s art collection in Oct. 7 auction

This Andre Normil signed oil painting on panel ($500-$1,000) of a traditional Haitian folk art scene of a town full of people celebrating with music, food and games, measures 27½ by 37½ inches.
MOUNT KISCO, N.Y. — Continuing its foray into single-estate auctions, The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc., will host an auction of the Orentreich Foundation Art Collection on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 10 a.m. ET, with absentee and Internet live bidding through LiveAuctioneers. The sale represents the market debut of a trove of artworks collected by the Manhattan and Cold Spring, New York-based medical-research foundation, which has conducted important research on aging, cancer, dermatology, and serum biomarkers.