The Dallas Museum of Art has received a bequest of art from the estate of Dorace Fichtenbaum, the New York Times reports.

Fichtenbaum, who died last summer, stipulated in her will that the museum could choose works from her collection, allowing it to curate the bequest and strengthen parts of its holdings. While she had donated both art and funds to the museum during her lifetime, the curators were surprised by the breadth of her collection, which consisted mainly of works on paper. The museum ultimately decided on a hundred and thirty-eight pieces — Expressionist works by Otto Dix and Paul Klee, as well as art by Yayoi Kusama, Jasper Johns, Jean Dubuffet, Sol LeWitt, and Eva Hesse. A selection from the collection, which also includes pieces of African art and American Indian ceramics, will go on view at DMA in March.

"For us, it was a sudden wealth — a changing gift," said Olivier Meslay, who is overseeing the acquisition. "The house was packed....with works of art — all the big names of the German Expressionist period were there. We picked the best of them."