Bakwin, Ruth Morris, 1898-
type Collector
dates 1898-1985
city New York City
stateNY
other citiesParis, France; Vienna, Austria; Chicago, IL
sex F
history 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).

decades1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
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University of Chicago, Library

Bakwin, Dr. Harry and Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin. Soviet Posters. Collection, 1930-1932 see details...
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Honickman Art Library
Bakwin, Ruth and Harry: artist file. see details...
University of Chicago, Library
Dr. Harry Bakwin and Dr. Ruth Morris Bakwin Soviet posters collection see details...

see alsoBakwin, Harry, 1894-