Rabkin, Leo |
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role
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Collector Artist |
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dates
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1919- |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Cincinnati, OH; |
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historical notes
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Artist Leo Rabkin and his wife, nee Dorothea Herz, collected fine and American folk art.
Known for whirligigs their collection also included quilts, baskets, mannequins, dummies, dolls, and pieces by anonymous carvers, and paintings by Sam Doyle, and Mose Tolliver.
A portion of the collection is part of the American Folk Art Museum’s collection in New York, and works were featured in an exhibit entitled “Folk Sculpture From the Collection of Dorothea and Leo Rabkin at the Museum of American Folk Art” in 1998.
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decades
of activity | 1980-1990
1970-1980
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000
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10/31/2024 13:33:21 |
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Archives/Repository |
Collection Title |
Collection Details |
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Dorothy and Leo Rabkin papers, 1940-1979. |
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National Portrait Gallery Library
Smithsonian American Art Museum |
Artist file: Rabkin, Leo |
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library
Smithsonian Institution |
Artist file: Rabkin, Leo |
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The Museum of Modern Art
Library and Archives |
Artist file: Rabkin, Leo. miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Louis Alexander Gallery records, 1953-1963 |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Oral history interview with Leo Rabkin, 1968 Dec. 4 |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
American Abstract Artists records, 1936-1983 |
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Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
Esphyr Slobodkina papers, circa 1925-1995 |
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The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives
200 Eastern Parkway |
Artist file. |
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