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Wardwell, Allen print view role Collector Scholar/Critic/Expert dates 1935-1999 city New York City state NY other cities New Haven, CT; Chicago, IL; sex M historical notes Allen Wardwell was a scholar, collector and curator of Northwest Coast Indian, Oceanic and African art. Wardwell was the head of the Primitive Art Department at The Art Institute of Chicago (1960-1973) and also served as acting curator of its Decorative Arts Department (1964-1970). He served as the director of the Asia Society Gallery (1974-1984) and the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in New York (1986-1990). Later he was an independent consultant, a curatorial consultant for African and Oceanic art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and a senior consultant in American Indian art and tribal art at Christie's auction house in New York. decades of activity 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 updated 02/14/2025 10:12:25 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 The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives 200 Eastern Parkway Allen Wardwell Papers, 1791-1998 1958-1998 (bulk). see details... «  back