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Maitland, Leslie M. print view role Collector dates city Los Angeles state CA other cities Brentwood, CA; Pelham Manor, NY; sex M historical notes The Los Angeles physician Leslie M. Maitland, and his wife, Ruth, were collectors of Old Master and modern art, Chumash sculpture, and Southern California contemporary art. Their collection included work by Rembrandt van Rijn, Georges Braque, Alexander Calder, Albrecht Durer, Juan Miró, Constantin Brancusi, Giorgio de Chirico, Paul Klee, Odilon Redon, Max Ernst, Henri Rousseau, Pablo Picasso, Morris Graves, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, and Salvador Dalí. They loaned works from their collection to exhibitions at the Los Angeles County Museum in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1948, the Maitlands co-founded the short-lived Modern Institute of Art (1948-1950). decades of activity 1930-1940 1940-1950 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:22 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Dallas Museum of Art Art Archives Mrs. Leslie M. Maitland's Private Collection of Paintings Drawings and Prints see details... University of Southern California Libraries Doheny Memorial Library 3550 Trousdale Parkway, University Park Campus Maitland residence, Bel Air, Los Angeles, Calif., 1937 see details... Philadelphia Museum of Art Archives Correspondence from Walter Arensberg to Leslie Maitland see details... see also: Maitland, Walter McClymonds, 1912-1989 Maitland, Ruth «  back