Harry Bakwin

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Harry Bakwin
BornNovember 19, 1894
DiedDecember 25, 1973 (age 79)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
OccupationPediatricia
Professor
Art collector
Spouse(s)Ruth Morris Bakwin
Children4
Relatives Edward Morris (father-in-law)
Helen Swift Morris (mother-in-law)
Muriel Gardiner (sister-in-law)
Joseph Buttinger (brother-in-law)

Harry Bakwin (November 19, 1894 – December 25, 1973) was a New York pediatrician, and also a Professor of Pediatrics at New York University.[1]

Biography[]

Born in 1894 to a Jewish family, Bakwin graduated with a M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1917.[2] In 1925, Bakwin married Ruth Morris Bakwin who was an heir to some of the fortunes made by the Chicago meat-packing industry as the daughter of Edward Morris, son of the founder of Morris & Company; and Helen Swift Morris, the daughter of Gustavus Swift, founder of Swift & Company. Her sister was psychiatrist Muriel Gardiner who was married to the Austrian politician Joseph Buttinger.

He and his wife had four children: Edward Bakwin, Michael Bakwin, Barbara Bakwin Rosenthal, and Patricia Bakwin Selch.[1]

Writing[]

As a pediatrician, Bakwin authored many articles relevant to children, often with his wife. The 1931 Journal of Clinical Investigation paper "Body Build in Infants" compared the external dimensions of sick infants with dimensions in healthy children.[3] Together with his wife, he wrote the widely regarded medical text, Clinical Management of Behavior Disorders in Children.[1] Bakwin and his wife co-authored an early piece on the speech disorder cluttering (also called tachyphemia) in 1952, years before cluttering was commonly discussed.[4] Bakwin observed that clutterers could temporarily overcome their speech defect when they tried to do so.[5]

The Bakwin Collection[]

Shortly after their marriage, Bakwin and his wife began procuring many famous paintings, known as the Bakwin Collection. Included in those paintings was Van Gogh's painting, Madame Ginoux, a version which the artist gave to his brother Theo.[6] The painting was held in the collection by son Edward M. Bakwin, until it was sold at auction on May 2, 2006 at Christie's, New York, for more than $40 million (USD).[7] The Bakwins traveled to Europe every year with their four children, and bought art to display in their Manhattan town house.[8] The Bakwin Collection included works by Van Gogh, Matisse, Cézanne, Gauguin, Modigliani, and Picasso.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Dr. Ruth Bakwin Dies; Professor of Pediatrics". The New York Times. August 2, 1985. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
  2. ^ Koren, Nathan. Jewish Physicians: A Biographical Index. p. 150.
  3. ^ Body Build in Infants
  4. ^ Bakwin, R. M. and Bakwin, H. (1952), Cluttering, The Journal of Pediatrics, 40, pp393-396.
  5. ^ "Common Sense id Back: You And Your Child," by Marcia Winn, Charleston Daily Mail, June 29, 1952, page 30.
  6. ^ "Sale 1655 / Lot 19". L'Arlésienne, Madame Ginoux. Christie's. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  7. ^ Carol, Vogel (3 May 2006). "A Famous Face, and Now an Auction Star". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  8. ^ Parting With the Family van Gogh
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