M.T. Abraham Foundation
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| Founded | 2004 |
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| Founder | Mansur Tamir Abraham |
| Type | Art Foundation |
| Focus | Impressionist and Modern art |
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| Origins | Geneva, Switzerland |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
| Method | Exhibition, Educational Programs, Publishing |
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Key people
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Amir Gross Kabiri - President |
| Mission | Art Education & Culture exchange |
| Website | www.mtabraham.org |
The M.T. Abraham Foundation is a non-profit art institution. Its headquarters are in Paris, France, and its collections are stored in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded by the descendants of Mansur Tamir Abraham after his death in 1999. Its stated intent is promoting public appreciation for Russian and European Modernism, Impressionism, and Modern Art by collecting pieces that can be loaned "for the sole purpose of display and study by public institutions."
The core of the collection focusing on European and Russian Modernism of the late 19th and 20th centuries. Among the artists are Avigdor Arikha, Salvador Dalí, Menashe Kadishman, Mikhail Larionov, Henri Rousseau, David Shterenberg, Vladimir Tatlin, Roberto Matta, Alexander Bogomazov, Maria Gaken and El Lissitzky.
The Foundation owns a complete collection of sculptures by Edgar Degas, which it has loaned to institutions such as the National Art Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria the Tel Aviv Art Museum, the Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, In early 2012 the Degas collection was exhibited at the Klovićevi dvori museum in Zagreb, and later at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg for a posthumous bronze exhibition linked with an international colloquium "Posthumous Bronze in Law and Art History".
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