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Shack, Richard

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role Collector
dates 1926-2012
city Miami
stateFL
other citiesNew York, NY;
sex M
historical notes Richard "Dick" A. Shack was an art collector, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Leader of the Center for Contemporary Art for 15 years, and his photography collection helped establish ArtCenter/South Florida on Lincoln Road.

He and his wife, Ruth Shack, collected Contemporary art together.

The Shack collection includes work by, among others, Larry Donovan, Robert Rauschenberg, Maria Brito, Lydia Rubio, Cesar Trasobares, José Bedia, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, and the South African artist William Kentridge.
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1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
2000-2010
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Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details
Getty Reseach Institute Library
Photography, a Personal Collection see details...
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Oral history interview with Ruth and Richard Shack, 1996 Dec. 7-1997 Feb.8 see details...

see also:
Shack, Ruth, 1931-