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John Quinn (collector)

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John Quinn (1870-1924) was an Irish-American corporate lawyer in New York, who for a time was an important patron of major figures of post-impressionism and literary modernism, and collector in particular of original manuscripts. He met W. B. Yeats in 1902, and was a major supporter.

Reference

  • Benjamin Lawrence Reid (1968) The Man from New York: John Quinn and His Friends
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