Potamkin, Meyer, 1909-2001

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role

Collector

dates

1909-2001

city

Philadelphia

state

PA

sex

M

historical notes

Meyer Potamkin was a Philadelphia banker and philanthropist who collected American Art with his wife Vivian. The collection included work by Georgia O'Keeffe, Red Grooms, Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt and John Sloan.

The Potamkins donated paintings to many museums and galleries, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

decades
of activity

1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000

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02/14/2025 10:12:25

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Meyer P. and Vivian O. Potamkin papers, [ca. 1950-2002].	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Meyer P. and Vivian O. Potamkin papers, [ca. 1950-2002]	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oral history interview with Meyer and Vivian Potamkin, 2001 Feb. 12.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oral history interview with Meyer and Vivian Potamkin, 1974 Oct. 30-1975 Mar. 4.	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oral history interview with Jimmy C. Lueders, 1990 Nov. 14	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Oral history interviews with Robert Carlen, 1985 June 28-1985 July 16.	see details...
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Archives	Meyer P. (1909–2001) and Vivian O. (1915–2003) Potamkin Papers	see details...
Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives	Anne d'Harnoncourt Records, 1973-2008, n.d.	see details...