Warburg, Edward M. M.

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role

Collector Patron

dates

1908-1992

city

New York City

state

NY

sex

M

historical notes

Edward Mortimer Morris Warburg was an art collector, patron, philanthropist, a founder of the Harvard Society for Contemporary Art (1928), and cofounder, with Mr. Kirstein, of the American Ballet.

As a student at Harvard, Warburg acquired a blue-period Picasso and works by Paul Klee and Ernst Barlach which he had bought directly from the artists in their studios.

He aquired works by such modern artists as Picasso, Matisse, Hopper, O'Keeffe, Lachaise, Klee, Miro, Brancusi and Calder.

Warburg was vice director for public affairs of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1971 to 1974), and an honorary trustee from 1983 to his death.

He was married to the former Mary Whelan Prue Currier; a daughter, Daphne Astor of Cambridgeshire, England.

decades
of activity

1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Edward M.M. and Mary Whelan Warburg papers, 1931-1980.	see details...
The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives	Oral history, Edward M M Warburg, 1991	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Edward M.M. and Mary Whelan Warburg papers, 1931-1980.	see details...
The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives	Archives pamphlet file: Warburg, Edward M. M., 1908-1992 : miscellaneous uncataloged material.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Lily Harmon papers, 1930-1996.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Walter Midener papers, 1938-1973.	see details...
The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives	MoMA History Interviews	see details...
Biblioteca Berenson, Villa I Tatti The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies	The Fototeca Berenson (Villa I Tatti Photo Archives)	see details...