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...published book on the last days of his life, and launched Yellow House, a modern art gallery in Poprad named after the artist's residence in Arles and exhibiting Van Gogh-inspired art. While at Yellow House, Polakovic persuaded Gerard H. Meulensteen, a Dutch art collector, to finance the $2.1 million construction of Danubiana...
...bulk of the gift, given to Harvard by the estate of celebrated book collector Mary Hyde Eccles, contains original letters, drafts and manuscripts written by Samuel Johnson, the writer and scholar widely known for creating the first modern English dictionary...
Hyde Eccles, who died last August, began her collection in the 1940s in collaboration with her first husband, Donald Hyde, a Harvard Law School graduate. According to Morris, Hyde was an equally enthusiastic collector, and soon after their marriage the pair became acquainted with Arthur Houghton ’29, Houghton library’s original benefactor and librarian...
...Church.) But whatever his merits as a thinker, as an entrepreneur Currin is doing fine. With his wife Rachel Feinstein, a sculptor whose high forehead and pert chin turn up repeatedly in his work, he's a regular on the art-world party scene, working up press coverage and collector interest. Steve Martin buys his work. Two years ago, one of his paintings, Ms. Omni, sold at auction...
...Nichols enthuses, “but then I saw this old stamp collection when I was surfing _________ (major online auction beginning in “e-”) one day and I had always wanted a hobby, so I bought it and _________ ! (exclamation) I was a stamp collector,” says Nichols as he segued to a thoughtful pause and cast his gaze through the window at the dying rays of a _________ (sunset color) sunset. “Nay, I was a philetilist...