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Walter C. Mead
Walter C. Mead
Photo by Rose & Hopkins
Western History Collection
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Denver City and County Building
Denver City and County Building
about 1932


 

Oriental Museum
Oriental Museum
1956-1968

 

Buddhist Art Gallery
Buddhist Art Gallery
1993 Reinstallation


Donors

In 1915, Walter C. Mead (1866-1951) pledged his Asian art collection "to the people of Denver." This pledge prompted the Denver Art Museum’s commitment to include Asian art in its representation of world art. The Mead Collection was first exhibited at the Denver Museum of Natural History, and then transferred to the Denver Art Museum’s new galleries in the Denver City and County Building in 1932-33. Beginning in 1946, a series of gifts from Harry B. Goodwin (1876-1971) and his wife, Mary Guthrie Goodwin (d. 1956), established the museum’s collection of South and Southeast Asian art. From 1956 to 1968, the Asian art collection was shown in the Oriental Museum, a separate branch of the museum located on 14th Avenue where the Denver Art Museum now stands. The Asian art collection has occupied the galleries on the fifth floor of the 14th Avenue building since it opened in 1971. Over the decades, the collection has grown through the generosity of many donors in the United States, Asia, Europe, and South America. Their contributions and financial support are gratefully acknowledged.

Donors of Objects

Mrs. Stephen Abbot
Roberto Agnolini
Jean Alexander
Ralph Altman
Joan and George Anderman
Anonymous donors
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Appleman
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Argabrite
Bj Averitt
Dr. and Mrs. Otto K. Bach
Dr. and Mrs. Gordon Baker
Caroline Bancroft
Charles Bayly Jr. Collection
Wilma Beardsley
Campton Bell
Dr. Alvin O. Bellak
Roger Benjamin
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim
George B. Berger Collection
George B. Berger Estate
John Bermingham
William B. Blundin
Ken and Pat Bodine
Mr. and Mrs. Claude K. Boettcher
Frederick Smith Bolsinger
Alice Boney
Prudence Bostwick
Toby Spradlin Bowlby
Errol Neil Bracken
Col. George W. Brower
Edith Bruner
Edward W. M. Bryant
Dr. Donald A. Bucher
Mr. and Mrs. Todd Allen Buchner
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Bunker
Mrs. Lambert Cadwalader
Willena D. Cartwright
Mr. and Mrs. William K. M. Chak
Else and Joe Chapman
Joseph M. Chapman

Edna Chappell
Srila Chatterji
Sunanda Chaudhary
Chen Ting-shih
Cheng Shifa
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fulai Cho
Michael and Tina Chow
Lt. Col. John F. Chrest Estate
Kenneth Chu and Betty Lo
Yao Chung
Dr. and Mrs. Byron E. Cohn
Mrs. E. C. Comstock
Thomas and Noel Congdon
Mrs. R. T. Counley
Jean Chappell Cranmer
Dorothy Croasdale Bequest
Helen B. Davis
Robert W. Davis
Sam F. and Freda R. Davis
Curtis D. Deane
Douglas E. Debber
Dee Dee Decker
Imelda G. DeGraw
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard DeLue
Claude De Marteau
Joseph W. Diekemper
Mrs. Frederic H. Douglas
Rev. Winfred Douglas
Irene Littledale Downs
Irene Littledale Downs Estate
William H. Downs
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Draine
Mrs. George Drake
Jean-Pierre Dubosc
Andy Duke
John W. Dwyer III
James P. Economos
Eleanor Hill Edgerton
Roger W. Edwards
Dr. Samuel Eilenberg Estate

Marian W. Elder
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Elliot
Robert H. Ellsworth
Ever Arts Classic
Chinese Furniture Ltd.
Farrokh Faripour
Curtis Farley
Mrs. Malcolm F. Farley
Jack Faxon
Mary Lord Ferguson
David and Lois S. Ferguson
Jeffrey and Denise Figiel
Dr. Leo Figiel
Phyllis Figiel
Michael Findlay
Arthur Fisher Estate
Philip E. FitzGerald
John and Celeste Fleming
Fong Chung-ray
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ford
Mr. and Mrs. James Frasche
Jonathan Freedman
Dr. Marshall A. Freedman
Tracy Freedman
Frank Barrows Freyer Bequest
Louise G. Friedman
Pamela R. Lessing Friedman
Mrs. C. E. Frost
Catherine M. Gallagher
Lt. Col. And Mrs. Robert S. Garner
Elie Genadry
Harry B. and Mary Goodwin
Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Graham
Gertrude Hendrie Grant
Don L. Griswold
Mrs. Simon Guggenheim
Walter Guthrie
Guthrie-Goodwin Collection
Edna Hadley Collection
Jessie Hallicker
Hsiang-ning Han
Victor A. Hansen
Ruth Harrington
Ellen and J. Ramsay Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Hartman
John David Hatch Collection
Mr. and Mrs. John David Hatch
L. M. Hattenbach
Mr. and Mrs. Nasli Heeramaneck
Hung-lu Hei
Kathryn Ann Heily
George P. Heinz
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Heitler
Marion G. Hendrie Collection
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Herbert
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Hicks
Lelia M. Hinkley
John D. Hoag
Hobbs Collection
Hazel W. Hoff
Paul M. Hoff III
Mr. and Mrs. Alex B. Holland
Jewell L. Holm Estate
Victor and Ruth Hornbein
Lucille Hoyt Estate
Mr. and Mr. I-Chi Hsu
Mary Kay Hudson
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Huffman
Caroline Hunter
Yeon-dang Hur
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B.
Hutchinson Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Huyler
Louise Iliff
Marybelle L. Iliff
Ito C & Co.
Jyotindra Jain
Dibash Chandra Jhe
Sheridan W. Johns Jr.
J. Joryo
Helen and Felix Juda
Kagedo Japanese Art
J. C. and Lorraine Kaimal
Subhash Kapoor
Louisa Kassler
Richard H. Kimball
Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. King
Anne and Vance Kirkland
Vance Kirkland
Vance Kirkland Estate
Jack Henry Kunin
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Kurtz Jr.
Kenji Kusaka
Elizabeth B. Labrot
Lalita Devi
Mary C. Lanius
Joyce C. Lebra
David Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Lee
Lee Se-Duk
Harry Lenart
Hok Pui and Sally Yu Leung
Barbara and Eugene Levin
Mal and Dave Lewis
Yale H. Lewis
Maureen Liebl
Mrs. George A. Lincoln
Kathleen Lintelmann
Catherine Lo
Kai-Yin Lo

David Logan
C. Ruxton Love Jr.
John Lowe Collection
Dennis Lucero
Adele Lutz and David Byrne

Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Lutz
Jeanne E. and Patrick E. MacLeamy
Marie Therese Macy Estate
Dr. Michael and Susan Madigan
Mahasundari Devi
Eleanor Manning
Stanley Marcus
Peter J. Markham
Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Marks
Mrs. Mordecai L. Marsh Jr.
John Marvin
Dora Porter Mason Collection
Morton D. May
Jan and Frederick R. Mayer
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. McKeown
Ursula Benedict McPhee
Walter C. Mead
Mitch Miller
Edward W. Milligan
Mrs. Eugene Milliken
James H. Mills
James H. Mills Estate
Sondra Milne Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Moch
Milton Morris
Dorothea Munro
Fuji Murakami
Tetsuaki Nakao
Klaus Naumann
Lawrence W. Newman
Robert P. Oliver
Wayne Olson
Pan-Asian Collection
Carl Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart T. Peck
Lewis Picher
Polly Ferguson Pickett
Joseph R. Pietri
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Platt
Mrs. Hans Ploch
Margaret Polak
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Popham
Tom Potworowski
Kimiko and John Powers
Doris Pritchard
Raymond Quiros
Charles F. Ramus Collection
Minnie S. Ray
Dr. Howard Rinden
Dr. Robert Rinden
Family of Helen C. Rippey
Helen H. Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Roberts Sr.
Justine Sarkisian Rodriguez
James E. Rollins
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Rollins
Nathan Rubin-Ida Ladd Foundation
Mrs. Henry Everett Sacks
Sue Sadow
Armen G. Sarkisian
H. Medill Sarkisian
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert P. Schafer Jr.
Ellie Schmidt
Francis Schmieder
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Segall
Julie Segraves
Henry G. Shearouse Jr.
Jean Stapleton Shetterly
Yuko Shibata
Hyun Shin
Daniel Shirey
Fay Shwayder
Mr. and Mrs. King Shwayder
Laurence Sickman
Robert L. Silber
Naomi Sims
Young-sang Sin
William M. Smiley
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Smith
Lyon H. Snyder Estate
Elizabeth Spalding
Dr. and Mrs. Frank G. Speck
Mrs. Albert Sperry
Spink & Sons Ltd.
Dr. Rene A. Spitz Bequest
Mr. and Mrs. Mortimer H. Staatz
Estate of Charles E. Stanton
Karin Steinbeck
Stephanie Steinbeck
Shand S. Stephens
Charles Stevens
John and Isabelle Stevenson
Robert L. Stolper
Robert J. Stroessner
Masaya Suzuki
Mr. and Mrs. Mutsumi Suzuki
Mrs. Lennig Sweet
Amrit Thakkar
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thomsen
Jessie Thornton Bequest
Oliver Julian Todd
Harrison X. Tu
Stanley J. Tutag
Dr. Kenneth P. Tway
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin F. Ullman
Harold P. and Jane F. Ullman
Jane F. Ullman
Helen Urban
Mrs. William Vandel
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Vollintine
Alice Dodge Wallace
Delores H. Walsh
Dr. Robert and Dr. Ann Walzer
Mrs. James J. Waring
Chandler Weaver Bequest
Elizabeth L. Webster
Kevin Weis
J. Robert Welch
J. Russell Wherritt
Irene A. White
Doris Wiener
May Wilfley
Col. and Mrs. Thomas E. Williams
Diane R. Wolf
Mr. and Mrs. Erving Wolf
Estelle R. Wolf
Mark D. Wolf
Mathew D. Wolf
Mr. and Mrs. Lothar Wolff
Rev. and Mrs. Francis Wolle
Harold Wong
Mrs. J. P. Wood
Lucille M. Wright
Malcolm Wright
Grace Wu Bruce
Lucien Wulsin
Makoto Yabe
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Y'Blood
Reverend and Mrs. Yukio Yamasaki
Yao Chung
Dr. Robert Yegge
Roland Yount
Yuan Xiaocen
Mark and Tali Zimmerman

This list acknowledges donations made through December 31, 2004, except for Asian textiles. Please contact the Asian Art Department for notification of omissions. Asian textiles are part of the Textile Art Department collection.

Contributors of Acquisition Funds

Polly and Mark Addison
Todger and Mary Ellen Anderson
Asian Art Association
Bj Averitt
Bj Averitt Islamic Art Fund
Nancy Lake Benson
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Jack and Ethel Bernstone
Wayne T. and LaFawn Biddle
Kay E. Black
Boettcher Foundation
Paul and Lisle Bradley
Wanda E. and G. Warner Brewer
Lynn Brofman
Theresa R. Brofman
Yasuko and John Bush
Wann S. Caron
Chen-Northern Inc.
Columbia Savings
Edith M. Daley
Sam F. and Freda R. Davis Charitable Trust
Norma Degan
Bennett Dorrance Jr.
Irene Littledale Downs
Robert E. and Debra T. Eilert
Exeter Drilling
J. Rathbone Falck
John and Celeste Fleming
Marshall and Betty Freedman
Pamela R. L. Friedman
Estate of Marian I. Fuller
Melanie Grant

Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Emmett and Dorothy S. Heitler
Marion G. Hendrie Endowment Trust
Mary N. Hobart-McCotter
Martha Holt
Christian Humann Estate
Christian Humann Foundation
JRH-1982 Charitable Trust
Barbara Kelly
Cynthia R. Kendrick
John B. Kendrick II
Tweet Kimball
Kyoko Kita
Elizabeth B. Labrot
Mary C. Lanius
Barbara S. Levin
Roberta Lewis
Ruth Shwayder Luby
Jan and Frederick R. Mayer
Barbara Mack McKay
James Mills
Milton Morris
NBT Foundation
Ronald Y. Otsuka
Margaret Polak
Florence J. Reust
Jolanthe Saks
Elizabeth P. Seibert
Fay Shwayder
Rose S. Shwayder Estate
Edythe Smookler
Harry I. and Edythe Smookler Memorial
Charles E. Stanton
Times Mirror Foundation
Verl E. Vette
Volunteer Endowment Fund
Walabis
Alice Dodge Wallace
Harold E. Worth
L. Anthony Wright Jr.
J. Louis and Ruth York
Edith Trimble Zinn Estate

This list acknowledges contributions of $1,000 or more received from January 1, 1975 to December 31, 2004, except for Collectors’ Choice donations. Please contact the Asian Art Department for notification of omissions.

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