Levin, Janice H., -2001

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role

Collector

dates

1913-2001

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

East Hampton, NY; Palm Beach, FL; Warren, NJ;

sex

F

historical notes

Philanthropist and art collector of French art with an emphasis on Impressionism.

She was the widow of Philip J. Levin, a lawyer and real estate developer, took over her husband's business after his death in 1971. She was also president of the Philip and Janice Levin Foundation. Levin was an Honorary Trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art from 1993 until her death in 2001.

The Levin collection included work by impressionists Bonnard, Cassatt, Corot, Derain, Giacometti, Monet, Modigliani, Morisot, Picasso, Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec and Vuillard. Among the gems of the collection were Monet's celebrations of nature ''Artist's Garden at Argenteuil'' from 1873 and his ''On the Cliff at Pourville, Clear Weather''; Degas's acutely observed ''À la Bourse (Portraits in the Stock Exchange)''; and Derain's ''Plate of Peaches.''

decades
of activity

1940-1950
1950-1960
1960-1970
1970-1980
1980-1990
1990-2000

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Archives/Repository	Collection Title	Collection Details
The Museum of Modern Art Library and Archives	Artist file: Levin, Janice H., d. 2001; miscellaneous uncataloged material.	see details...