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Weisman, Marcia print view role Collector dates 1918-1991 city Los Angeles state CA other cities Beverly Hills, CA; Portland, OR; sex F historical notes Art collector and benefactor who helped found the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. She was the first wife of Frederick R. Weisman (divorced mid 1970’s) and the sister of the collector Norton Simon. She collected paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings by Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Andy Warhol and others. To the National Gallery, Mrs. Weisman promised paintings by Ed Ruscha and Clyfford Still. To the Los Angeles County Museum of Art she gave works by Newman and Hans Hofmann, among others. Finally, to the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art she gave Jasper Johns's "Map," perhaps the most important work in her collection. decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 updated 02/14/2025 10:12:24 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 University of California, Berkeley The Bancroft Library Collecting, sharing, and promoting contemporary art in California oral history transcript . Marcia S Weisman; George M Goodwin, 1983. see details... see also: Weisman, Frederick R., 1912-1994 Simon, Norton, 1907-1993 «  back