The Man from New York: John Quinn and His Friends
John Quinn (1870–1924) was a second generation Irish-American corporate lawyer in New York, who for a time was an important patron of major figures of post-impressionism and literary modernism, and collector in particular of original manuscripts.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1968
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Art patronageLiterary modernismIrish-American history
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyWonMajor(1969)
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