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Cunningham, Merce

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dates 1919-2009
city New York City
stateNY
other citiesSeattle, WA;
sex M
historical notes Merce Cunningham was a collector, painter, and American choreographer. Cunningham was a founding member of the so-called New York Schools of Music, Painting and Poetry.

Cunningham’s and John Cage’s (1912-1992) collection included work by Edward Weston, Paul Klee, Robert Rauschenberg (who they met at Black Mountain College in 1953), Jasper Johns, Frank Stella Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Albers and Andy Warhol.
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