RENO, NEVADA.- The Wynn Collection, one of the nation’s premiere private art collections, is presented at the Nevada Museum of Art (NMA) through March 30, 2005. The exhibition will feature fourteen paintings from the collection of Steve and Elaine Wynn of Las Vegas, Nevada. Announcement was made today by Kathie Bartlett, Chairman, NMA Board of Trustees and Steven High, Director/CEO.

“We are delighted and honored to work with Mr. Wynn in bringing this collection to the Nevada Museum of Art,” said Kathie Bartlett, Chairman, NMA Board of Trustees. “We are pleased to provide northern Nevada audiences the opportunity to view the works in this astounding collection.”

Highlights of the exhibition include Pablo Picasso’s Le Rêve (The Dream) (1932), a painting depicting Pablo Picasso’s mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter and Vincent van Gogh’s Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat (1890), perhaps the most important portrait of a female sitter in van Gogh’s oeuvre. Works by Impressionist painters include Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Among the Roses (Madame Leon Clapisson) (1882) and Claude Monet’s Camille a l’ Ombrelle Verte (Camille with Green Parasol) (1876) as well as Post-Impressionist paintings such as Henri Matisse’s The Persian Robe (1940), and Paul Gauguin’s Bathers (1902). Other noted works are a Self Portrait with Shaded Eyes (1634) by Rembrandt van Rijn; a landscape by Jan Brueghel the Elder; and a portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife (1885) by John Singer Sargent. The exhibition also features a triptych portrait of Steve Wynn created in 1983 by Andy Warhol. After its presentation at the NMA, the collection will be permanently installed at Wynn Las Vegas, scheduled to open in spring 2005.

The exhibition’s presentation at the NMA is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Nevada businesses and private individuals committed to making the works available to the northern Nevada community.

The NMA’s educational programming includes an optional audio-guide tour narrated by Steve Wynn in addition to docent guided tours scheduled for Saturdays at 2 pm. Tours for groups and schools will also be available. The NMA will present a series of gallery talks and lectures scheduled throughout the exhibition’s presentation.