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Grey, Abby Weed print view role Collector Patron dates 1902-1983 city Saint Paul state MN other cities Dear Lake, MN; Salt Lake City, UT: Poughkeepsie, NY; sex F historical notes Abby Weed Grey was an art collector, patron, curator, and founder of the Grey Art Gallery & Study Center at New York University. Through her travels, Grey collected modern art of non-Western cultures. Grey's collection included work from, among other places, Japan, Thailand, India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and Israel. Her holdings were rich in art from Iran, representing 200 out of 700 works of art total, and included work by Parviz Tanavoli, Hossein Zenderoudi, and Faramarz Pilaram. In 1930, Abbey Weed Grey married a career army officer, Benjamin Edwards Grey, who died in 1956. After the death of her husband, Grey established the annual Benjamin Edwards Grey Memorial Lecture in poetry as part of the Summer Writers' Conference at the University of Utah, and in 1961 she launched The Ben & Abbey Grey Foundation, Inc. Grey served on the Board of Trustees of The Minnesota Society of Fine Arts from 1967-1973 and on the Minneapolis College of Art and Design's Board of Overseers from 1964-1983. She established the Abby Weed Grey scholarships at the College as well. Grey endowed the Grey Fellowship in Museum Studies at the Walker Art Center she endowed the Grey Fellowship in Museum Studies. She was a member of The Women's Club of Minneapolis and The Cosmopolitan Club of New York. decades of activity 1960-1970 1970-1980 website http://www.nyu.edu/greyart/information/Abby_Weed_Grey/body_abby_weed_grey.html updated 02/14/2025 10:12:23 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details New York University Archives Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 10th Floor Abbey Wood Grey Papers, 1922-1978 (bulk 1960-1974) see details... Minnesota Historical Society Division of Archives and Manuscripts Clement B. Haupers and Clara Gardner Mairs papers, 1918-1985. see details... Minnesota Historical Society Division of Archives and Manuscripts Abby Weed Grey and family papers, 1811-1983 (bulk 1910s - 1970s). see details... «  back