Mary Griggs Burke [SEP] occupation
Mary Griggs Burke
Mary Griggs Burke (June 20, 1916 – December 8, 2012) was an American art collector. Over fifty years, Burke acquired the largest private collection of Japanese art outside Japan. Her collection grew so large that she housed it in a separate apartment adjacent to her own on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. In 1985, portions of her collection were exhibited at the Tokyo National Museum, becoming the first Western collection of Japanese art to be displayed at the museum.
Biography.
Burke
list it as being created by "staff designers".
- Aurora + Italic (1960, Linotype), only made in 8.5 point.
External links.
- Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation - link
- The Mary Griggs Burke Collection, comprehensive online catalogue of The Mary Griggs Burke Collection
- Bridge of dreams: the Mary Griggs Burke collection of Japanese art, a catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF)