| Acton, Harold, 1904-1994 | |||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert | ||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1904-1994 | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | Florence | ||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | Peking, China; | ||||||||||||||||||
| country | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||
| sex | M | ||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton was a British-American collector, historian and writer. He was the son of Arthur Acton (1873–1953) and the American heiress Hortense Mitchell (1871–1962). Arthur Acton was an American architect and European agent for Stanford White (1853–1906) who purchased works of art for the homes of White’s clients. The Acton Collection, Villa La Pietra, comprises more than 6,000 objects ranging in date from the Etruscan period to the 20th Century (a collection of etchings and drawings donated to Harold), as well as a library with first editions from the earlier 20th Century, letters, manuscripts, and photographs. |
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| decades | 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 |
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| website | http://lapietra.nyu.edu/ | ||||||||||||||||||
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