Fosburgh, Minnie Astor |
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Collector |
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1906-1978 |
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New York City |
| state | NY | | other cities | Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; |
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historical notes
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Mary "Minnie" Cushing Astor Fosburgh, nee Mary Benedict Cushing, was a philanthropist and art collector. Fosburgh was a trustee of the Yale Art Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Fosburgh and her second husband, James Whitney Fosburgh (1910-1978), built an art collection which included work by Paul Cézanne, Winslow Homer, William Nicholson, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Walter Sickert, and Pavel Tchelitchew.
Fosburgh's first mariage to Vincent Astor (1891–1959) ended in the divorce in 1953, and that same year she married James Whitney Fosburgh.
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decades
of activity | 1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
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Archives/Repository |
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Collection Details |
Archives of American Art
Victor Building, Suite 2200 |
James Whitney Fosburgh papers, 1937-1978. |
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