Jock Truman Explained

Jock Truman
Birth Date:4 September 1920
Birth Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Death Date:2011
Known For:Art History, Art Collectors

Jock Truman (1920-2011) was an art dealer and collector in the twentieth-century arts scene in New York City.[1] He was known as an art collector and dealer who worked at the Betty Parsons Gallery in New York, NY. From 1976 to 1979, he also owned the commercial art gallery bearing his name, the Truman Gallery.[2] Processing of his personal papers at the Archives of American Art suggests that his longtime "companion" was Eric Green.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Jock Truman Papers, 1925-2010, finding aid by the Archives of American Art, http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/jock-truman-papers-13347 (accessed 5 July 2013)
  2. Truman Gallery Records, 1976-1979, description from The Frick Collection, http://research.frick.org/directoryweb/browserecord.php?-action=browse&-recid=6420 (accessed 5 July 2013)
  3. Jason Stieber, "Jock Truman and Companion: Nomenclature of the Closet," posted on the Archives of American Art Blog on 24 June 2013 http://blog.aaa.si.edu/2013/06/jock-truman-and-companion-nomenclature-of-the-closet.html (accessed 5 July 2013)

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