René Gaffé (Q61976851)
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Belgian journalist, industrialist , art collector and art critic (1887-1968)
- Rene Gaffe
- René Chambry
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Belgian journalist, industrialist , art collector and art critic (1887-1968) |
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1968
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Acquired by Nell Walden (1887-1975), Berlin, 1916 [1]; returned to Marc Chagall, Paris, 1926 [2]; purchased from the artist by René Gaffé, Brussels, February 22, 1926 [3]; acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 13, 1945. (English)
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Provenance: René Gaffé, Brussels *Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris *Berggruen et cie, Paris *Arthur Tooth & Sons Ltd, London by 1950; Purchased from the above by Sir Alexander Maitland, December 1954 (English)
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René Gaffé was a Belgian collector of Cubist, Surrealist, Dadaist, African, and Oceanic art. Orphaned at an early age, he spent his youth at the Athénée Royal boarding school in Ostende where he studied ancient classics before choosing to become a journalist. During World War I, Gaffé was director of counterespionage in Amsterdam under the name of René Chambry, a pseudonym which he also used to publish several books on Serbia. After the war, he was recognized and decorated by France and Belgium. (English)
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