University of Pennsylvania Libraries receives major gift of works by renowned photographer Arthur Tress
Arthur Tress, Secret Conversation, New York (1980), Facing Up series. Arthur Tress Photography Collection, University of Pennsylvania Libraries.
PHILADELPHIA, PA
.-The University of Pennsylvania Libraries announced the gift of works by the renowned American contemporary photographer Arthur Tress (b. 1940, Brooklyn). Generously given by an anonymous donor, this outstanding collection part of which has already been appraised at $4.2M joins another recent gift of Tress photography given to the Penn Libraries by J. Patrick Kennedy, PAR97, and Patricia Kennedy, PAR97, for a combined 2,500 photographic prints. Together these collections document Tresss diverse and fascinating career and represent the largest collection of Tress photographic prints in the United States. In 2018, Tress, among the most original artists of his generation, gave the Penn Libraries his collect
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The University of Pennsylvania Libraries today announced the gift of works by the renowned American contemporary photographer Arthur Tress. Given by an anonymous donor, this outstanding collection – part of which has already been appraised at $4.2 million joins another recent gift of Tress photography given to the Penn Libraries by J. Patrick Kennedy and Patricia Kennedy, parents of a 1997 Penn graduate, for a combined 2,500 photographic prints.
Together these collections document Tress’s diverse and fascinating career and represent the largest collection of Tress photographic prints in the United States. In 2018, Tress, among the most original artists of his generation, gave the Penn Libraries his collection of Japanese illustrated books, which served as inspiration for his own artistic vision.
Penn Libraries receives gift of works by renowned photographer Arthur Tress upenn.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from upenn.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.