ArtistsGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

1875
WA-00014263
Sculpture
Representation
None documented
4
Institutional Exhibitions
5
Works in Collection
17
Assets Indexed
2
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Twentieth Century Portraits
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1942–1943
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Three Centuries of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1938
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American Painting and Sculpture, 1862�1932
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1932–1933
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“Untitled” (America)
Whitney Museum of American Art

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source
  • Birth yearArtsy· 85%
  • NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

  • Artist Index
    Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%
About

Why this artist matters now

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was an American sculptor, art patron and collector, and founder in 1931 of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. She was a prominent social figure and hostess, who was born into the wealthy Vanderbilt family and married into the Whitney family.

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Artworks (5)

Artwork sources (5)

5 published of 11 catalogued · 7 with image
  • The Met
    2 published
  • Art Institute Chicago
    1 published1 img
  • Cleveland Museum of Art
    1 published
  • Whitney
    1 published
  • + 1 more source · 6 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources
  • Caryatid
    1913 · Cleveland · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
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Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (Wikipedia)
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Artsy artwork: Still At His Post (1916-1919)
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Artsy artwork: Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1916)
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Wherefore (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
Wherefore (Art Institute of Chicago)
Art Institute of Chicago
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Whitney Museum of American Art
In collection
Whitney Museum of American Art
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