By John L. O'Brian
Maurice Wertheim, a graduate of Harvard university (Class of 1906), approached the amassing of paintings with disciplined enthusiasm. even though he didn't buy a huge portray until eventually 1956, while he had already became fifty, inside of or 3 years he had made himself an immense contender within the box. within the subsequent decade and a part he succeeded in assembling the most amazing and concentrated collections of contemporary ecu artwork during this kingdom. At his dying in 1950, Maurice Wertheim bequeathed his assortment to Harvard for «the profit and use of the Fogg artwork Museum.» for the reason that 1974 the gathering has been completely put in within the museum, the place it has given excitement and guideline to various scholars and students in addition to to many viewers. In popularity of the significance of the intense work and sculptures within the assortment, the galleries the place they're put in have been thoroughly redesigned in 1986 to supply a extra spacious and congenial environment within which to be noticeable.
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1949, no. 4, pp. 11- McBride, 1937, p. 60, repr. p. 71; 13; Raleigh, i960, p. 46, repr. p. 47; Houston, 1962, p. 44; Daulte, 1964, pi. 2. p. 75; D 191; Augusta, 1972A, no. 29; Fezzi, 1972, no. 235; White, 1984, pp. 57, 219, repr. Class of 1906. 61 56 p. 62. Bequest — Collection of Maurice Wertheim, Seated Bather was painted ca. 1885-1884, just prior to the extended three-year period during which Renoir worked on the Large Bathers (see cat. 9). This was a period of crisis and the Impressionists, not work.