MacKay, Clarence H. (Clarence Hungerford), 1874-1938 |
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Collector |
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dates
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1874-1938 |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Roslyn, NY; Gardner's Island, NY; Jamestown, NC; San Francisco, CA; Paris, France; Windsor, United Kingdom; |
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historical notes
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Clarence Hungerford MacKay was an art collector, patron, businessman, philanthropist, chairman of the board of the Postal Telegraph and Cable Corporation, president of Mackay Radio, and son of the silver magnate, John W. Mackay (1831-1902).
Mackay collected Italian paintings and sculpture, Flemish Tapestries, armor, firearms, swords, and cassoni. Among other artists, Mackay owned work by Antonello da Messina, Giovanni Bellini, Sandro Botticelli, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Francesco Francia, Pietro Lombardo, Sebastian Mainardi, Alesso Baldovinetti, Pisanello, and Matteo di Giovanni.
The bulk of Mackay’s collection was sold in an auction via Jacque Seligman Galleries.
Prior to his death, Mackay sold Raphael’s “Agony in the Garden” and Mantegna’s “Adoration of the Shepherds” to the Metropolitan Art Museum in 1933. In 1935, Mackay sold Samuel Kress Duccio’s “The Calling of St. Peter and St. Andrew,” and seven paintings by Sassetta to the National Gallery in London.
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decades
of activity | 1890-1900
1900-1910
1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
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| website | http://www.mackayhistory.com |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Jacques Seligmann & Co. records, 1904-1978, bulk 1913-1974 |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Armes et armures collection de Mr C.H. Mackay: Harbor Hill, Roslyn, N.Y. : Scrapbook, [19--]. |
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University of Nevada, Reno
Special Collections Department
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John A. (John Allen) Fulton Papers, 1878-1936. |
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Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
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Papers of Lester Hood Woolsey, 1831-1958 (bulk 1909-1928).
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Office of the Secretary records, 1870-[ongoing]. |
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The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library
10 East 71st Street |
Rosenberg & Stiebel Archive - Subject Files |
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