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Burto, William print view role Collector dates 1921-2013 city Cambridge state MA other cities North Creek, NY; Iowa City, IA; sex M historical notes William Burto was an art collector and English literature professor at the University of Massachusetts. Burto and his partner, Sylvan Barnet (1926–2016), built a collection go Japanese Religious art including calligraphy and Buddhist works. Their collection was exhibited at The Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), the Freer/Sackler Galleries, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Harvard Art Museum. Burto and Barnet gave works of art from their collection to the Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard Art Museums, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Freer Gallery of Art. Their gift of 179 works of art to The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, included Japanese prints, sculpture, textiles, ceramics, lacquers and a number of Korean, Islamic, African, Chinese, and Anatolian works. decades of activity 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010 website Burto, William updated 03/22/2024 12:09:32 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Freer and Sackler Library Faith & Form: Selected Calligraphy and Painting from Japanese Religious Traditions see details... see also: Barnet, Sylvan «  back