Bakwin, Ruth Morris, 1898- |
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Collector |
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dates
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1898-1985 |
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city
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Paris, France; Vienna, Austria; Chicago, IL |
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historical notes
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Chicago meat-packing heiress, Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin, was an art collector and pediatrician. She and her husband, Dr. Harry Bakwin (m. 1925), built an art collection that included work by, among others, Van Gogh (Madame Ginoux, Sotheby’s $40 million), Matisse, Cézanne, Gauguin, Modigliani, and Picasso.
The Bakwin’s lent work to benefit exhibition with both the Duveen Brothers (Renoir, 1941, benefiting French Relief) and Wildenstein (Renoir, 1950).
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decades
of activity | 1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
University of Chicago, Library
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Bakwin, Dr. Harry and Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin. Soviet Posters. Collection, 1930-1932 |
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The Barnes Foundation
Honickman Art Library |
Bakwin, Ruth and Harry: artist file. |
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University of Chicago, Library
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Dr. Harry Bakwin and Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin Soviet posters collection |
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