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John D. Rockefeller

Westchester Secret: Pablo Picasso Was Here Westchester Secret: Pablo Picasso Was Here
Westchester Secret: Pablo Picasso Was Here Who knew that an art collection rivaling the Metropolitan Museum of Art can be found in the basement of a Westchester home? We're talking Picasso and Modern Artists Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and Louise Nevelson. And it's all inside the lower level of Kykuit, also known as the John D. Rockefeller Estate, a 3,400-acre site in Sleepy Hollow. The residence was constructed for Rockefeller and his family in 1913 and is very much an ode to an artist’s heart with Italian-styled gardens and Beaux-Arts architecture.  The National Historic Landmark housed four generations of Rockefellers includ…