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RUHE, Edward L.

Australian bark paintings from the collection of Dr. Edward L. Ruhe

$75.00 AUD

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Rochester, MI : Meadow Brook Art Gallery, Oakland University, 1975. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (lightly rubbed), pp. 32, illustrated.

‘Edward Ruhe (1923-1989) was a Professor of English at the University of Kansas who began collecting Aboriginal art in 1965 while in Australia as a Fulbright Visiting Professor. He built a collection of the highest quality by purchasing artworks directly from artists, community art centers and early Aboriginal art dealers. Ruhe was the first person to exhibit a privately owned collection of Aboriginal art in the United States, which toured more than twenty venues between 1966 and 1977. An unrelenting scholar, he wrote several catalogues and articles, corresponded regularly with leaders in the field for 25 years and built a library that included many rare volumes.’ Kluge-Ruhe Collection website, https://kluge-ruhe.org/about/history-of-kluge-ruhe/