Whitney, John Hay

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role

Collector

dates

1904-1982

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Lexington, KY; Saratoga, NY; Augusta, GA; Fishers Island, CT; Greenwood, GA; Rome, Italy; Manhasset, NY;

sex

M

historical notes

Colloquially known as "Jock" Whitney, was U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, MOMA Trustee and a member of the Whitney family.

The John Hay Whitney Collection (May 26-November 27, 1983), National Gallery of Art exhibition, Washington, DC, consisted of 73 paintings by 19th- and 20th-century European and American masters constituted almost the entire collection assembled by John Hay Whitney and Betsey Cushing Whitney.

Mr. Whitney, who died in 1982, served as a National Gallery trustee from 1961 to 1979. Included in the exhibition were the recent gifts from his estate to the National Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art, and Yale University Art Gallery. John Rewald, consultant and advisor to the Whitneys, was guest curator. Florence Coman was coordinator at the Gallery. Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition and Gordon Anson designed the lighting.

decades
of activity

1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980

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03/22/2024 12:09:29

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	Hackett Galleries selected records, 1930-1957	see details...
Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200	John Rewald interview, 1972 Nov. 16 - 1973 Feb. 8	see details...
The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives	Artist file: Whitney, John Hay; miscellaneous uncataloged material.	see details...
The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives	Re-opening of The Museum of Modern Art, May 10, 1939 [sound recording]	see details...
Library of Congress Manuscript Division	David E. Finley Papers, 1915-1977.	see details...