Remembering the Leibers

A celebration of the lives and works of Judith and Gerson Leiber will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Leiber Collection on Old Stone Highway in Springs.

The Leibers died within a few hours of each other on April 28 after 72 years of marriage. In 1963, Ms. Leiber founded her handbag company, which became known for its luxurious, crystal-covered minaudières that were carried by countless celebrities and every First Lady from 1953 to 2000. More than 80 of her handbags are in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Mr. Leiber’s paintings, which are in numerous public collections, range from abstract landscapes to stylized, expressionistic works with representational elements. He was also an accomplished printmaker, and he designed a series of intricate gardens on their seven-acre property.

Saturday’s celebration will include reminiscences by Jeffrey Sussman, their biographer; Ann Stewart, the curator of the Leiber Collection, and Patti Kenner, a trustee of the Leiber Foundation. An exhibition of Ms. Leiber’s handbags and Mr. Leiber’s paintings is on view in a Renaissance-style building situated in the sculpture garden.