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1. empirestateplaza.ny.gov › artEmpire State Plaza Art Collection | Visit the Empire State ...

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   Learn about Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller’s role in the creation of the Empire State Plaza Art Collection. LEARN MORE. Explore The Art Collection. One of New York’s greatest art treasures, the collection is a remarkable example of American Modern Art. LEARN MORE. Tour the Art Collection. LEARN MORE.

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3. www.metmuseum.org › press › exhibitionsThe Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision: In Pursuit of the Best in ...

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   Location: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, first floor. Press Preview: Monday, October 7, 10:00 a.m.–noon. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (AAOA) will celebrate the genesis of its permanent collection with a special exhibition that opens October 8.

4. www.metmuseum.org › 2013 › nelson-rockefellerThe Nelson A. Rockefeller Vision | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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   This exhibition celebrates the foresight underlying the establishment of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing through some fifty works of art augmented by archival documents.

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     The Sale Of The Century: Rockefeller Family Art Collection Goes Up For Auction | CNBC

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     Nelson A. Rockefeller and His Daughter Mary Morgan on His Collecting

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6. www.sothebys.com › en › articlesFrom MoMA to Washington: How Nelson Rockefeller Redefined the ...

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   Nov 3, 2020 · Nov 3, 2020. From MoMA to Washington: How Nelson Rockefeller Redefined the Role of the Art Patron & Politician for the 20th Century. By Jed Perl. NELSON ROCKEFELLER, WHO WAS ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, EXAMINING ONE OF THE PAINTINGS TO BE HUNG IN THE NEW $2,000,000 BUILDING OF THE MUSEUM, MAY 1939.

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7. empirestateplaza.ny.gov › art › about-art-collectionAbout the Empire State Plaza Art Collection

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   Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, in recognition of the importance of the arts and the emergence of New York as the home of many of America's most innovative and talented artists, began plans for the Empire State Plaza Art Collection in 1961 and the first purchases were made in 1966.

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   Where is the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection?

   • 1 William Lieberman, Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1969, p. 9; Francine du Plessix, “Anatomy of a Collector,” in Art in America, April 1965, p.

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   Did Rockefeller have a collection of African art?

   • One of the exhibitions, organized in 1960, was devoted to Cubist sculptor Jacques Lipchitz’s collection of African art. After the museum closed, Rockefeller donated its permanent collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

   Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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   What art did Rockefeller collect?

   • When Rockefeller began collecting in the 1930s, Cubism was his primary focus. He accumulated several Cubist paintings and works on paper by Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso and sculptures by Jacques Lipchitz and Alexander Archipenko.

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   How did Rockefeller contribute to the Museum of Modern Art?

   • In addition to being a major benefactor, Rockefeller served as a museum trustee and twice as the museum’s president (1939–41 and 1946–53). In 1968 he helped form the Museum of Modern Art Syndicate, a group of museum trustees who purchased the estate of Gertrude Stein. In 1969, the museum curated an exhibition centered on Rockefeller’s collection.

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9. rockarch.org › nelson-a-rockefellerNelson A. Rockefeller, 1908-1979 | Rockefeller Archive Center

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   Following his service as U.S. Vice President, Nelson launched an art-reproduction business called the Nelson Rockefeller Collection, Inc. that sold high-end, limited-edition reproductions through its catalog and retail store in Manhattan. Nelson Rockefeller died of a heart attack on January 26, 1979, at his offices in New York City.

10. www.metmuseum.org › rockefellerNelson Aldrich Rockefeller - The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    He accumulated several Cubist paintings and works on paper by Georges Braque, Juan Gris, Fernand Léger, Pablo Picasso and sculptures by Jacques Lipchitz and Alexander Archipenko. However, he gradually expanded his scope and amassed a vast collection of modern art by European and American artists.