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Mar 7, 2014 · March 15 – July 7, 2014. The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism features selections from the extraordinary private collection of William S. Paley, the late founder and guiding spirit of CBS. The exhibition features more than 60 works of art, including paintings, drawings and sculpture, some of the most striking by French ...
Feb 2, 1992 · Feb 2–Apr 7, 1992. MoMA. Exhibition. The William S. Paley Collection at The Museum of Modern Art, which constitutes one of the most important private collections to be entrusted to a public institution in recent years, will be shown to the public in its entirety for the first time.
Dec 19, 2012 · Cover of The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism. William S. Paley, founder of CBS Inc., was an enthusiastic collector of modern art and an active supporter of the Museum throughout his life, serving as President, Chairman, and Chairman Emeritus.
At the time Paley began collecting, an appreciation for modern art was a relatively rare, radical and forward-thinking thing. In the 1930s, few collectors had the courage and vision to collect the canvases of artists such as Picasso, Renoir and Matisse.
Art Collection. Paley acquired an important art collection with around forty works, many of which are today in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Paley's collection included works by Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Derain, Bonnard, Gauguin, Rouault, and other modern masters. [17]
This volume illustrates and catalogues a highly personal collection of eighty-four paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings bequeathed to The Museum of Modern Art, and constitutes one of the most important transfers of privately owned art to a public institution in recent years.
Nov 4, 2022 · Few collectors matched the courage and vision of William S. Paley, who championed a wide range of artists from Pablo Picasso and Henri Rousseau to Kenneth Noland and Josef Albers.
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