Cole, Philip Gillette
type Collector
dates 1883-1941
city Tarrytown
stateNY
other citiesHelena, MT; Princeton, NJ; Jacksonville, IL; Lake Placid, NY; New York, NY;
sex M
history Dr. Philip Gillette Cole collected paintings, sculpture, photographs, lithographs, etchings, books and papers specializing in Native American and Western art.

Cole’s collection included sculpture by Charles Russell, Frederic Remington, James Earle Fraser, Alexander Phimster Proctor, Malvina Hoffman, H.A. MacNeil, A.A. Weinman and other important American sculptors.

Thomas Gilcrease purchased Cole’s collection in 1947.

Cole was a member of the Canon Club of Princeton, New York's Union League and University Clubs, the Sons of the American Revolution, Ardsley Country, Sleepy Hollow Country, and Montana clubs as well as the lodges of the Elks and Masons in Helena, MT.

decades1920-1930
1930-1940
updated 02/14/2025 10:12:27
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Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art
Philip Gillette Cole Papers see details...
Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art
Olaf C. Seltzer Collection, 1920-1955 see details...
Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art
Benteen-Goldin Papers see details...
Helmerich Center for American Research at Gilcrease Museum
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art
Artists of the Philip Gillette Cole Papers see details...

see alsoGilcrease, Thomas, 1890-1962