Winthrop Kellogg Edey

Winthrop Kellogg Edey
Born	1938
Alma mater	Amherst College, New York University Institute of Fine Arts
Occupation	Collector

Winthrop Kellogg Edey (1938–1999) was a clock, watch, and photography collector who lived in Manhattan, New York City. He was the grandson of Morris W. Kellogg, an engineer and tycoon who designed and built oil refineries, as well as U.S. World War II atomic-bomb plants.

Winthrop Edey grew up in Upper Brookville on Long Island, New York. He graduated from Amherst College, and also studied at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.

Edey was associated with New York City's cultural and artistic life in the 1960s to 1980s. He was befriended by Andy Warhol and was in Warhol's 1963 movie The 13 Most Beautiful Boys.

"Over a period of five decades, Edey purchased a large number of clocks and watches, many of which he later exchanged or sold to upgrade his collection with artifacts of greater significance. This continual refinement enabled him to assemble a small but exceptionally fine collection, which was bequeathed to The Frick Collection after his death on February 22, 1999." Edey's bequest included twenty-five clocks and fourteen watches clocks and watches, including the Barometer Clock, along with his Library and archives which include auction catalogs, periodicals, works on clocks, books on Egyptology and Classical subjects, and his diaries.

In 1982, he wrote the catalog to the 1982 exhibition "French Clocks in North American collections" at the Frick Collection.

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