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Ordway, Katharine print view role Collector dates 1899-1979 city Weston state CT other cities St. Paul, MN; New York, NY; gender F historical notes Katharine Ordway, heiress to the 3M fortune, was an ecologist, land conservationist, philanthropist and art collector who donated her collection, with an endowment, to Yale University in 1980. Ordway collected work from America (North, South, and Central), Europe, and Asia. Her collection included work by, among others, Picasso, Brancusi, Calder, Pollock, Rothko, Gorky, Bonnard, Vuillard, Gris, Rouault, Rousseau, Renoir, de Kooning, Rufino Tamayo, Chinese art from the Ming and Ching dynasty’s, as well as work from 17th, 18th and 19th centuries Japan, India, Peru, Australia and Africa. decades of activity 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 updated 02/07/2020 18:21:38 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Archive Location Collection Title Links The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives Title Artist file: Ordway, Katherine, miscellaneous uncataloged material see details... Minnesota Historical Society Division of Archives and Manuscripts 3M historical corporate records, 1892-2004. see details... «  back