Raymond Nasher

Raymond Nasher

Raymond Nasher (October 26 1921 – March 16, 2007) was a Duke University alumnus (1943) who was an avid art collector. Together with his wife Patsy, he amassed a substantial number of the world's greatest sculptures (including works by Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Harry Bertoia, Henri Matisse and Henry Moore) and various other important pieces. Nasher gave the lead gift for the creation of the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas and Duke University's art museum, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in Durham, NC. In the early 1960s, Nasher was responsible for founding NorthPark Center, the mall that is currently the largest in Texas and one of the five largest in the United States. At the time of its founding, it was the largest climate-controlled, indoor building in the world.

External links

*http://www.nasher.duke.edu
*http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org
* [http://www.bu.edu/alumni/bostonia/2000/spring/nasher/ Boston Quarterly, "Raymond Nasher and the Collector’s Art"]
* [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/031707dnmetnasherappreciate2.1ff4e0f8.html Dallas Morning News obituary] accessed 03/17/2007


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