| Staempfli, Emily Barclay McFadden | ||||||||||
| type | Collector Dealer/Gallery | |||||||||
| dates | 1908-1991 | |||||||||
| city | New York | |||||||||
| state | NY | |||||||||
| other cities | Cadaqués, Spain; Newport, RI; | |||||||||
| sex | F | |||||||||
| history |
Cotton heiress Emily Barclay McFadden Harrison Staempfli was an art collector, patron, dealer, and gallery owner. Staempfli’s father was George H. McFadden (1873-1931), head of an international cotton brokerage firm (George H. McFadden & Brothers). In 1959, she and her then-husband, George W. Staempfli, established the Staempfli Gallery in New York City. In the summer of 1968, she lent 60 paintings by post-Impressionists and contemporary artists to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Sometime after 1985, two paintings she owned by Picasso and Magritte were stolen and replaced with fakes. In May of 1991, the same year she died, the Picasso 1943, a portrait of one of his girlfriends, Head of Woman with Golden Earrings (purchased by Staempfli in 1975), was recovered after it had been offered to Sotheby’s for sale. One day later, the Magritte, Sans Famille (purchased by Staempfli in 1954), was turned into the Economic Crimes Bureau of the Brooklyn by an unknown person. The fakes were good, and Staempfli died without knowing that either painting had been missing. Inventories of her collection were completed in 1980 and 1985; the authentic paintings were located in her home for both examinations. Staempfli had three children with her first husband, John Randolph Harrison (m. 1929, 1904-1997). They were Josephine “Josy” Harrison Evarts (1930–2017, m. 1950, Maxwell Evarts, d. 1986); Robert Carter Harrison, b. 1938 (m. 1967, Nancy Dewey); and Randolph Harrison b. 1932 (m. 1955, Amey Wister). |
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| decades | 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 |
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| updated | 03/22/2024 12:09:32 | |||||||||
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