William M. Ivins (1881–1961)
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Ivins, William M.
- Nome legale
- Ivins, William Mills, Jr. (birth name)
- Data di nascita
- 1881-01-13
- Data di morte
- 1961-06-14
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- White Plains, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Woodbury, Connecticut, USA
- Istruzione
- Columbia University (LLB|1907)
Harvard College (AB|1901) - Attività lavorative
- attorney
art historian
museum curator - Organizzazioni
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Breve biografia
- William Mills Ivins, Jr. (1881-1961), a lawyer, first became interested in collecting prints and illustrated books while an undergraduate at Harvard. He studied the history of printmaking through self-directed reading, by looking at prints in the major European libraries and museums, and tried his hand at many of the printmaking processes. While practicing law, he wrote articles and organized some small exhibitions of prints as early as 1908. In 1916, the Metropolitan Museum of Art appointed its first Curator of Prints to organize a Department of Prints and Drawings and to develop its small existing collection. Upon the recommendation of Paul J. Sachs who was unable to accept the position, Ivins was selected. He held the post until his retirement some thirty years later.
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