Winthrop Kellogg Edey

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Collection and Bequests

"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."^[2] 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.^[1]

In 1982, he wrote the catalog to the 1982 exhibition "French Clocks in North American collections" at the Frick Collection.^[3]

Bibliography

• Edey, Winthrop. 1967. French Clocks: Winthrop Edey.
• Edey, Winthrop. 1971. Time Keeping in a Time Wasting Age. London: Published by Purnell for BPC Pub.
• Edey, Winthrop. 1982. French Clocks in North American Collections, The Frick Collection, November 2, 1982 - January 30, 1983." New York: The Frick Collection.
• Edey, Winthrop. 1985. Time for Boulle: the early clocks of Louis XIV's cabinetmaker have been overlooked and underpriced. Beverly Hills, CA: Condé Nast.
• Edey, Winthrop. 1996. Early Boulle longcase clocks.
• William, J.H. Andrewes. 2001. The Art of the Timekeeper: Masterpieces from the Winthrop Edey Bequest, Frick Collection.
• Vincent, Clare. 1972. Magnificent Timekeepers: An Exhibition of Northern European Clocks in New York Collections. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 30 (4): 155-165.

References

External links

• New York Times Obituary
• Library of Winthrop Edey. Frick Art Reference Library
• Winthrop Edey Papers. The Frick Collection/Frick Art Reference Library Archives
• Winthrop Edey artist file The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library, Sarasota, Florida.