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Lot Essay
According to his autobiography The Pursuit of Happiness, Albert Gallatin bought his first Greek vase in Paris in 1911. In all, he collected over 200 examples, which formed the principal decoration of his dining room at 7 East 67th Street. The vases were published in two volumes of the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, fascicules 1 and 8. When the townhouse was sold in 1941, the majority of the collection was bought by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Gallatin's collection was wide ranging in its scope and included ancient Egyptian works of art, Khmer and Benin sculptures, an extensive collection of Japanese paintings and prints, as well as American Indian objects and rare books. His collection of fine arts included paintings by Delacroix, Courbet, Whistler and Gauguin, with sculptures by Rodin, Jennewein and his great friend Paul Manship.
As a young man, Gallatin studied painting under Thomas Moran and continued painting throughout his life, being particularly inspired by the landscape and light of Martha's Vineyard.
In 1930 Gallatin's Etruscan Dekadrachms of the Euainetos Type was published. He was a member of the committee for the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, of the Council of Learned Societies, a governor of the American Numismatic Society, a trustee of the Archaeological Institute of America, as well as of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Gallatin was also a member of various clubs, including The Century Club, The Union Club and The Salmagundi Art Club.
Gallatin's collection was wide ranging in its scope and included ancient Egyptian works of art, Khmer and Benin sculptures, an extensive collection of Japanese paintings and prints, as well as American Indian objects and rare books. His collection of fine arts included paintings by Delacroix, Courbet, Whistler and Gauguin, with sculptures by Rodin, Jennewein and his great friend Paul Manship.
As a young man, Gallatin studied painting under Thomas Moran and continued painting throughout his life, being particularly inspired by the landscape and light of Martha's Vineyard.
In 1930 Gallatin's Etruscan Dekadrachms of the Euainetos Type was published. He was a member of the committee for the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, of the Council of Learned Societies, a governor of the American Numismatic Society, a trustee of the Archaeological Institute of America, as well as of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Gallatin was also a member of various clubs, including The Century Club, The Union Club and The Salmagundi Art Club.