Raymond Nasher (October 26, 1921 – March 16, 2007) was a Boston Latin School (1939) and Duke University alumnus (1943) who was an avid

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. Together with his wife Patsy, he amassed a substantial number of the world's most renowned sculptures (including works by Auguste Rodin,

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and Henry Moore) and various other significant pieces. Nasher gave the lead gift for the creation of the

Nasher Sculpture Center Opened in 2003, the Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum in Dallas, Texas, that houses the Patsy and Raymond Nasher collection of modern and contemporary sculpture. It is located on a site adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the Dallas Art ...

in Dallas, Texas and Duke University's art museum, the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. In the early 1960s, Nasher developed

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, the mall that is currently the second largest in

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. At the time of its construction, it was the largest climate-controlled, indoor building in the world.

External links

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke UniversityNasher Sculpture CenterBoston Quarterly, ''Raymond Nasher and the Collector's Art''
accessed 17 March 2007 1921 births 2007 deaths American art collectors Duke University alumni 20th-century American businesspeople Boston Latin School alumni {{Philanthropist-stub