Library of Winthrop Edey. 1520-1999, bulk 1900-1999.

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Library of Winthrop Edey. 1520-1999, bulk 1900-1999.

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Library of Winthrop K. Edey, given to the Frick Collection in 1999. Consists of 4322 volumes, including 1032 auction catalogs, 580 periodicals, 183 works on clocks, 372 on Egyptology, and 312 on classical subjects.

4,322 pieces.

Frick Art Reference Library

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Frick Art Reference Library

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Helen Clay Frick (1888-1984), daughter of industrialist and art collector Henry Clay Frick, founded the Frick Art Reference Library in 1920 and served as its director until 1983. Miss Frick developed a special interest in Italian art during the 1920s, making four trips to Italy during the winter of 1923-24, and in 1925, 1927 and 1928 in order to discover and record early Italian paintings and frescos, and obtain photographs of the works, either through purchase or original photography. ...

Edey, Winthrop

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Winthrop "Kelly" Edey was a wealthy New Yorker with a social circle that included Andy Warhol who formed an important collection of clocks and watches. He formed an association with the Frick Collection and penned the catalog to the 1982 exhibition "French clocks in North American collections." On his death he bequeathed both the clock collection and his library to the Frick Collection. From the description of Library of Winthrop Edey. 1520-1999, bulk 1900-1999. (Unknown). WorldCat r...