AFA 20th Anniversary

2020 Antiques & Fine Art 113 between 1700 and 1815, specifically the American Colonial period, the American Revolution, and the naval engagements of the War of 1812. Some areas of concentration include eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Indian affairs, signatories of the Declaration of Independence, and early exploration. There are documents relating to the Barbary Wars as well as documents and diaries that concern the Civil War. In addition, the Foundation has a collection of approximately 130 maps. Many show the early years of colonization in America, among them, two of the first large-scale maps of North America.  A Collector’s Vision: Highlights from the Dietrich American Foundation will be on view from February 1 to June 7, 2020, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The exhibit will feature highlights from the foundation’s collection. There will also be an exhibition of letters, manuscripts and maps pertaining to the Revolutionary War to be held at the Museum of the American Revolution in September of 2021. In January 2020, the Dietrich American Foundation will publish In Pursuit of History: A Lifetime Collecting Colonial American Art and Artifacts, in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and distributed by Yale Press. The book showcases highlights from the Dietrich American Foundation, and is edited by H. Richard Dietrich III and Deborah M. Rebuck, with contributions by David L. Barquist, Edward S. Cooke Jr., H. Richard Dietrich III, Michael P. Dyer, Kathleen A. Foster, Morrison H. Heckscher, Philip C. Mead, Lisa Minardi, Deborah M. Rebuck, and William S. Reese. For more information about both events visit dietrichamericanfoundation.org. Richard Dietrich is President of the Dietrich American Foundation, and also serves as co-managing partner of Bryn Coed Farms Company, having just helped preserve the family’s farmland. Richard serves on the Boards of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of the American Revolution, and the Shaw Institute in Blue Hill, Maine. Richard holds a BA from Wesleyan and an MBA from Yale. Deborah Rebuck has worked for the Dietrich American Foundation since 1981, managing all curatorial and registrarial aspects. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Art History from the College of William and Mary and a Master of Arts in American Cultural History and Museum Studies from the University of Vermont. All photographs are by Gavin Ashworth unless otherwise noted. Fig. 12: Brandywine bowl, Benjamin Wynkoop (1675–1751), New York, 1698–1710. Silver, H. 4½, W. 11 in. In Pursuit of History: A Lifetime Collecting Colonial American Art and Artifacts, January 28, 2020. 304 pages, 9½ x 11½; 215 color illus.; ISBN: 9780876332931, Hardcover.