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Mastbaum, Jules E. print view role Collector dates 1872-1926 city Philadelphia state PA sex M historical notes Jules E. Mastbaum was a movie theater magnate, collector, and patron. Mastbaum began collecting works by Rodin in 1923 with the intent of founding a museum. He assembled a collection of Rodin's bronze castings, plaster studies, drawings, prints, letters, and books. In 1926, Mastbaum commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the Museum building and gardens. Mastbaum died in 1926 and his wife followed through with his museum plans and the Museum was inaugurated on November 29, 1929. decades of activity 1920-1930 website http://http://www.rodinmuseum.org/ updated 03/22/2024 12:09:31 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Rodin Museum records, 1892-1991, n.d. see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Correspondence with Edgar Fahs Smith, 1926. see details... University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Collections Correspondence with Paul Philippe Cret, 1926-1930. see details... Temple University Paley Library, Special Collections Benjamin W. Barkas Photographs, 1939-1963 (Inclusive Dates). see details... Temple University Paley Library, Special Collections Joseph Krauskopf Papers, 1885-1923 see details... «  back