| Benenson, Charles B., 1913-2004 | |||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||
| dates | 1913-2004 | ||||||
| city | New York City | ||||||
| state | NY | ||||||
| sex | M | ||||||
| history |
Charles B. Benenson was a real estate developer, hilanthropist and art collector (a wing of African Art dedicated to him at the Metropolitan Museum of Art). He was married to Jane Benenson of New York. He received a BA from Yale University in 1933 and donated work by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jean Arp, David Smith, Stuart Davis, Giacometti, Ernst, Francis Picabia, Kurt Schwitters, Pablo Picasso, August Rodin, Henri Metisse, and 19th and early 20th Century African Art. |
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| decades | 1940-1950 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 |
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| updated | 02/14/2025 10:12:23 | ||||||
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