Raymond Nasher

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Raymond Nasher (October 26, 1921 – March 16, 2007) was a Boston Latin School (1939) and 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 second largest in Texas. 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
Boston Quarterly, Raymond Nasher and the Collector’s Art
Dallas Morning News obituary accessed 17 March 2007

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Name	Nasher, Raymond
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Date of birth	October 26, 1921
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Date of death	March 16, 2007
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