Thaw, Eugene Victor |
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role
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Collector Dealer/Gallery |
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dates
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1927-2017 |
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city
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Santa Fe |
| state | NM | | other cities | New York, NY; Annapolis, MD; |
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sex
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M |
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historical notes
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Eugene Victor Thaw was an art collector, dealer, scholar, and critic.
Diverse in nature, Thaw’s collection included drawings from modern and old masters, American Indian art, ancient Eurasian bronzes, early medieval jewelry, Native American art, architectural models, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century oil sketches, French faience, in addition to paintings, sculpture, and furniture.
Artist represented in the collection included, among others, Rembrandt, Goya, Degas, Delacroix, Picasso and Matisse.
Highlights from the collection were shown at the Morgan library in an exhibition Drawn to Greatness: Master Drawings from the Thaw Collection and was on view September 29, 2017 through January 7, 2018.
Thaw served on the boards of the Morgan Library, the Frick Art Reference Library, the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and the Fenimore Art Museum. He gave works of art to these institutions as well as to the Metropolitan Museum and the National Gallery of Art. Thaw’s gift to the Morgan Library included more than 400 sheets of paper.
Thaw was a founding member of the Art Dealers Association of American, served on the board, and was president from 1970 to 1972. Pierre Matisse (1900-1989) and János Sholz (1903-1993) were two of Thaw’s mentors. Together with his wife, Clare Eddy Thaw (1924-2017), was the founder of the Eugene Victor Thaw Art Foundation (est. 1981).
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decades
of activity | 1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
2000-2010
2010-2020 |
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10/31/2024 13:33:18 |
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
Artist file: Thaw, Eugene Victor; miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
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National Gallery of Canada
380 Sussex Drive
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Drawings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene V. Thaw [exhibition records] : Dessins de la collection de M. et Mme. Eugene V. Thaw. |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Oral history interview with Eugene V. Thaw 2007 Oct. 1-2. |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Anne Bowen Parsons collection of interviews on art, 1967-1968. |
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ingalls Library and Archives |
Sherman Emery Lee Personal Papers |
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ingalls Library and Archives |
Thaw, Eugene Victor |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Sherman E. Lee papers, 1958-1996. |
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Private Repository
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E.V. Thaw & Company Archive |
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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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