| Dannheisser, Elaine | |||||||||||||||||||
| type | Collector | ||||||||||||||||||
| dates | 1923-2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| city | New York City | ||||||||||||||||||
| state | NY | ||||||||||||||||||
| other cities | East Hampton, NY; | ||||||||||||||||||
| sex | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| history |
Elaine collected Contemporary art with her husband, Werner Dannheisser (1909-1992). The Dannheisser collection included, among other things, works by Picasso, Leger, Rouault, Dubuffet, Rothko, Rauschenberg, Agnes Martin, Robert Gober, Koons Gonzalez-Torres, Bruce Nauman, Sigmar Polke, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth and Joseph Beuys. Elaine gave most of their collection to Museum of Modern Art. |
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| decades | 1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 |
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| updated | 11/24/2025 10:11:49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| research links |
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