An eye across centuries
Chapter 01
Three decades of collecting
Norton Simon assembled European works from the Renaissance to the twentieth century and a collection of South and Southeast Asian art. The museum describes this activity as extending over thirty years.
Chapter 02
Looking in depth
Some artists were collected in substantial groups, including Degas, Goya and Picasso. Repeated attention to an artist offers a different encounter from a collection built around isolated examples.
Chapter 03
The museum record
Today the collection can be explored through museum records and provenance information. Its public presentation also includes modern works acquired by the former Pasadena Art Museum, so the institution’s holdings should not all be attributed to Simon’s personal acquisitions.
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