In the more than 30 years since it was founded, Westover Fine Arts has completed numerous projects for corporate, private, and institutional clients. The projects described below have been selected to reflect the breadth and depth of the firm's expertise. Photographs of examples of some of the works of art referenced in the project descriptions appear in the Gallery.

Miller, Andersen, and Sherred

Asset Management: Acquisition of a Corporate Collection

Westover was engaged to curate a collection of approximately 220 contemporary works of art for the headquarters near Philadelphia of Miller, Andersen, and Sherred. The collection included paintings, works on paper, photographs, and prints by emerging American artists. In addition, large format color photographs of rural Pennsylvania were commissioned from Joe Maloney.

Botein, Hayes, Sklar, and Herzberg

Law Firm: Acquisition and Divestment of a Corporate Collection

Westover was retained to acquire a corporate photography collection for this New York law firm. Over 250 works of post-war Contemporary Photography were acquired for the client. The collection included works by Siskind, White, Callahan, Frank, Friedlander, Winogrand, Shore, Eggleston, Wessel, Baltz, Robert Adams, Gowin, Lois Connor, Nixon, Pfahl, Papageorge, Christenberry, Levitt, Gutman, Faurer, Maloney, Perkis, and McDonough. After the client merged with another law firm, Westover was engaged to develop and execute a divestment strategy for the collection. The divestment included sale and consignment through private and public dealers, sale to employees, and donations to museums.

American Medical Association

Trade Group: Acquisition of a Collection

Westover was engaged to curate and install a large collection for a new Washington, DC headquarters building commissioned from architect Vlastimil Koubek for the American Medical Association. The collection included over 300 contemporary works of art, including works by local Washington artists. Louise Nevelson was commissioned to create a monumental sculpture, Sky Landscape, which was installed outside the headquarters in a public plaza, as well as a wall relief sculpture, Sky Cathedral, which was installed in the lobby of the headquarters. The collection also included sculpture, paintings, photographs, works on paper, and prints. Notable artists represented in the collection included Chuck Close, Louise Bourgeois, James Rosenquist, Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, Martin Puryear, Al Held, Ansel Adams, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Emmet Gowin, Neil Welliver, Nicholas Nixon, Stephen Shore, and Alan Feltus, among others. Yvonne Jacquette was commissioned to make a large scale painting of the Washington landscape at night. The monumental Nevelson sculpture was donated to the city of Washington by the AMA and at a later date the Nevelson wall relief was gifted to the Smithsonian Museum. The collection and the donations were covered extensively by The Washington Post. Years later, when the headquarters was sold to a commercial real estate firm, the fair market value of the art collection significantly exceeded the original combined cost of the developed land, the building, and art acquisitions. Westover was also instrumental in arranging the corporate sponsorship of the David Smith Retrospective at the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art by the American Medical Association.

AT&T

Telcom: Art Commissions

Westover was retained to acquire art for AT&T's new headquarters building designed by Phillip Johnson in New York. Jan Groover was commissioned to create a portfolio of photographs related to communications technology to commemorate the opening of the AT&T Infoquest Center. At the time it was the most significant commission ever offered to a Contemporary photographer.

Union Carbide Corporation

Conglomerate: Divestment of Major Corporate Collection

Westover was engaged to divest the company's art collection of over 450 works of art in preparation for the move to a new headquarters building in Danbury, CT. The collection had been astutely chosen by Katherine Kuh and included high quality 19th Century American paintings, Modern and Contemporary American paintings, works on paper, prints, sculpture, and decorative works of art. Westover's project was notable as the first divestment of a major corporate art collection ever undertaken by a corporation. The divestment plan which Westover devised and executed included sales through several channels, including auction houses, public and private dealers, and employees, as well as donations to museums. The proceeds well exceeded the estimated fair market value of the collection.

The Beuchert Company

Real Estate: Acquisition of a Collection and Donation of a Collection

The Beuchert Company engaged Westover to acquire over 50 works of art, principally contemporary paintings and photographs. Westover purchased paintings by Will Insley and other contemporary artists for the lobbies of several Beuchert Company buildings. In addition, Westover curated a collection of contemporary photographs and prints for the company offices by artists Garry Winogrand, Sol Lewitt and others. The Beuchert Company was sold several years after the collection was acquired and Westover arranged for individual works to be donated to the Hirshhorn Museum.

R.J. Reynolds

Tobacco: Acquisition of a Collection for a Corporate Museum

Westover was retained to curate and acquire a collection of Art Deco smoking accessories for display at a newly created corporate museum in the historic R.J. Reynolds Art Deco headquarters building in Winston-Salem, NC. Works included were by Christofle, Cartier, Bucheron, Dunand, Jensen, Tiffany and Co., Puiforcat, Sandoz, Templier, and Vichy and Nice. The museum remains open to the public.

Pepco

Public Utility: Restoration of Art Works

When Pepco built a new headquarters in Washington, D.C., the company contracted with Westover to remove and restore fresco murals from their existing headquarters and reinstall them in the new building. This complex project required a team of art restoration experts and art handling experts, as well as specialty riggers to reinstall the frescos in the new headquarters.

Reliance National Insurance

Insurance: Acquisition of a Collection

Westover acquired over 250 works of art for Saul Steinbergs’ Reliance National Insurance Company in New York. Paintings were commissioned from Claire Seidel, who created a series of four paintings for the executive conference room. Phil Perkis and Joe Maloney were also commissioned to create portfolios of large scale color photographs of New York City. Works of art by emerging Contemporary artists made up the balance of the collection.

Biscayne Capital

Hedge Fund: Acquisition of a Collection

Westover curated and acquired a collection of Contemporary Painting by abstract painters Sean Scully, Jonathan Lasker, Mary Heilmann, David Reed, Caio Fonseca, Tom Nozkowski, Julie Mehretu, and Tomma Abts.