Vol I: Impressionist & Modern Art

[159] pp.

w/ 34 lots

Vol II: Fine & Decorative Works Of Art

[139] pp.

w/ 213 lots

Vol III: American Paintings & Watercolors

[61] pp.

w/ 7 lots

Sotheby's New York

2004

w/ publisher's slipcase

11 1/2" x 9"

Fine

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John Hay Whitney (August 17, 1904 February 8, 1982) was an American venture capitalist, sportsman, philanthropist, newspaper publisher, film producer and diplomat who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, publisher of the New York Herald Tribune, and president of the Museum of Modern Art.

Whitney was a skilled polo player and raised thoroughbred racing horses, which won him the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1929 and 1930 and were frequent entrants in the Kentucky Derby. He was a patron of the arts, financing several Broadway productions and films, including two Academy Award for Best Picture, Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940). He was an early supporter of Fred Astaire, his longtime friend, and helped secure Astaire his first major film contract with RKO Pictures. His large art collection included famous works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, douard Manet, Edward Hopper, Henri Matisse, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Paul Czanne, Paul Gauguin, William Blake and Vincent van Gogh. Works from his collection have been exhibited at the Tate Gallery, the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Yale University Art Gallery.