Exhibitions Toledo, OH. Collecting at Winterthur: Henry Francis du Pont’s American Vision. The Toledo Museum of Art. The Curated Object

Josiah Wedgewood’s Factory (England), Vase, 1790–1800. Museum purchase with funds provided by Collector’s Circle and the Winterthur Centenary Fund, 1997.0014, courtesy Winterthur Museum & Country Estate. Exhibition organized by Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Wilmington, DE.

Chest-on-chest, 1775–1790. Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont, 1957.1394, courtesy Winterthur Museum & Country Estate. Exhibition organized by Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Wilmington, DE

Chest, 1765–1810. Museum purchase, 1955.0095.001, courtesy Winterthur Museum & Country Estate. Exhibition organized by Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Wilmington, DE.

Mary King (American), Needlework picture, 1754. Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont, 1966.978, courtesy Winterthur Museum & Country Estate. Exhibition organized by Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Wilmington, DE

Collecting at Wintherthur: Henry Francis du Pont's American Vision
May 24-Sep. 7, 2008

Collecting at Winterthur: Henry Francis du Pont’s American Vision is an  in-depth look at the origins of one of America’s leading collections of  decorative arts.                         

Henry Francis du Pont was born at his family’s Winterthur estate near Wilmington, Delaware, in 1880. Throughout his life, du Pont proved himself an astute connoisseur and collector of American fine and decorative arts, and he acquired some of the rarest items made or used in America between 1640 and 1860. In 1951 he founded Winterthur Museum & Country Estate to house and exhibit his growing collection.

Collecting at Winterthur presents an intriguing look at du Pont’s preferences, presented in both thematic and chronological groupings: “Early Settlement and Sophistication,” “A Passion for Rococco,” “East Meets West,” “The Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans,” and “American Classicism.” Join us for this peek into the history of a legendary American collector and his museum.                         

TMA’s presentation of Collecting at Winterthur: Henry  Francis du Pont’s American Vision is free to the public and supported, in part, by Sotheby’s. This exhibition is organized by Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Wilmington, Delaware.

For more information please visit: The Toledo Museum of Art

-Joanne Molina

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