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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, nata Abigail "Abby" Greene Aldrich (Providence, 26 ottobre 1874 – New York, 5 aprile 1948), è stata una collezionista d'arte e filantropa statunitense, appartenente alla seconda generazione matriarcale della celebre famiglia Rockefeller. È particolarmente nota per essere stata la forza trainante dietro la costituzione del Museo d'Arte Moderna di New York, situato ...
As you walk around or sit down and relax here in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, let me tell you a little about its history. In 1939, at 11 West 53rd Street, a sculpture garden was included in the first permanent home of The Museum of Modern Art. Director Alfred Barr and Architecture curator John McAndrew designed it in a single ...
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Seal Harbor, Maine was created between 1926 and 1930 by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and noted garden designer Beatrix Farrand. Set within acres of moss-carpeted woods, the garden is designed to be at floral peak in August. Its unique atmosphere is derived from a combination of Eastern statuary with a border ...
27. März 2019 · Design for Floor Lamp, Topside Gallery, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Apartment, 10 W 54th Street, New York, NY. Published in David Hanks with Jennifer Toher, Donald Deskey: Decorative Designs and Interiors (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1987): 80. The print room in particularly exemplified Deskey’s modernism. He sheathed the walls in gray Bakelite and ...
Designed by Beatrix Farrand with her clients and philanthropists, Abby and John D. Rockefeller Jr., the garden is one of the most elegant and impressive gardens in the United States. According to the website, in 1961 David Rockefeller, Sr.’s wife Peggy took on responsibility for each year’s design of the flower beds. After Peggy’s death ...
7. Feb. 2018 · The Rockefellers and the road to Modern Art. David Rockefeller’s outstanding collection of paintings was greatly influenced by the advice of Alfred Barr, the first director of MoMA. John Elderfield, a former curator at the museum, tells the story of the two men’s friendship. David Rockefeller in the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden ...
6. Juli 2017 · In November 1929, at the age of 65, Bliss and friends Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and Mary Quinn Sullivan (budding collectors themselves), met for lunch to discuss opening a public museum devoted to contemporary art, which didn’t yet exist in New York. Later that year, they opened The Museum of Modern Art at 730 Fifth Avenue. Bliss devoted the ...
