‘Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights From NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection’ ...
Trotting to Build a Unique Collection The patron acquired about 1,000 works by artists of the Middle East and Asia during the 1960s and early ’70s, when few Americans were interested in the cultures of these regions./ ‘Modernisms: Iranian, Turkish, and Indian Highlights From NYU’s Abby Weed Grey Collection” is a tale of two intertwined histories. Each is remarkable. One is the life of Abby Weed Grey (1902-1983), who during the 1960s and early ’70s acquired about 1,000 works by artists of the Middle East and Asia at a time when few Americans...
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