Spaeth, Eloise
type Collector
dates 1902-1998
city New York City
stateNY
sex F
history Eloise O’Mara Spaeth was an art collector, author, a traveling exhibitions chairwoman for the American Federation of Art, a deputy commissioner of the American Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, a board member emeritus of the Archives of American Art and the Guildhall of East Hampton, N.Y, and co-founder of the Spaeth Foundation.

She formed an art collection with her husband, Otto Lucien Spaeth (1897-1966)—an industrialist and the vice president of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

The Spaeth collection included work by, among others, Picasso, Braque, Hopper, Lambert-Rucci, Matisse, Alexander Calder, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Stuart Davis and Charles Sheeler.

Much of the collection was sold but a few works of art, such as Edward Hopper’s “Carolina Morning” were gifted to the Whitney Museum of American Art.
decades1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
updated 10/31/2024 13:33:18
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Repository Description Links
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Eloise and Otto Spaeth papers, 1937-1983. see details...
The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives
Artist file: Spaeth, Eloise. miscellaneous uncataloged material. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Alexander Brook papers, 1900-1982 see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Archives of American Art Records, 1954-1985, with related records from 1917. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
American Federation of Arts records, 1895-1993 (bulk 1909-1969) see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Oral history interview with Eloise Spaeth, 1973 Feb. 6-Mar. 9. see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Archives of American Art sound recordings, 1957-1979. see details...

see alsoSpaeth, Otto