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Joan Avnet

USA art dealer; collector; philanthropist (1914-1994)
Person human Q84497969

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[13]
Date of birth
1914
Date of death
January 13, 1994
Country of citizenship
United States[8]
Occupation
art collector, art dealer
Educated at
Hunter College[9]
Notable work
A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection, Joan and Lester Avnet[10][11]
Spouse
Lester Avnet[5]
Child
Jon Avnet, Rosalind Vee Avnet[6][7]
Family name
Grossman, Avnet, Fischbach[16][17][18]
Given name
Joan, Bertha[19][20]
Member of
Joan and Lester Avnet[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Provenance[22]
Partner in business or sport
Lester Avnet[21]
Residence
Great Neck Peninsula, Manhattan[14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Joan Avnet en Joan Avnet Fischbach Gallery en Joan Avnet Gallery en Joan Bertha Lester, née Grossman en Joan Grossman en Mrs. Lester Avnet en Mrs. Lester D. Avnet en Mrs. Lester Francis Avnet, Great Neck, Long Island, NY
🔖 Identifiers · 11
VIAF cluster ID
298957505
Library of Congress authority ID
nr2001002895
GND ID
123386756
Described at URL
www.nytimes.com
FAST ID
458510
IdRef ID
252925297
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007258173105171
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX4606985
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
4592
Union List of Artist Names ID
500449470
Yale LUX ID
person/de7655ec-59f5-4847-85f8-3eb83f5d9f71

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Summary

Joan Avnet was born in 1914[1]. She died on January 13, 1994[2]. She worked as an art collector[3] and art dealer[4].

FAQs

Who was Joan Avnet married to?

Joan Avnet's spouses include Lester Avnet[5].

What did Joan Avnet do for work?

Joan Avnet worked as an art collector[3] and art dealer[4].

Where did Joan Avnet go to school?

Joan Avnet was educated at Hunter College[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [13] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . vocab.getty.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [2] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Printstream · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FAST ID → 458510
    IdRef ID → 252925297
    Child → Jon Avnet, Rosalind Vee Avnet
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