Dr. Paul Singer (1904–1997) kept one of America's most distinguished private collections of Chinese art in a two-bedroom apartment in Summit, New Jersey.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art's official exhibition page, a Smithsonian biographical PDF, and independent recollections from art critic Lee Rosenbaum. Details on dates, location, and collection scale are consistent across sources.
Sources
- An Uncommon Treasure-House (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://asia-archive.si.edu/exhibition/one-mans-search-for-ancient-china-the-paul-singer-collection/ (asia-archive.si.edu)
- https://asia-archive.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Singer-Paul.pdf (asia-archive.si.edu)
- https://www.artsjournal.com/culturegrrl/2013/03/my-wsj-piece-on-paul-singers-chinese-art-collection-at-the-sackler-gallery-a-companion-slide-show.html (artsjournal.com)