Remembering Donald Marron: The Art Collector in His Own Words

Long before art became an asset and buyers flipped paintings for huge profits, Don Marron let an untutored passion lead him to become one of the great postwar collectors of contemporary art. His sudden death this month at 85 feels like the end of an era, one in some ways more fun than our own.
Shy, intense, and very tall, Marron loved giving tours of the art-filled Upper East Side home he shared with his wife, Catie, and their children, William and Serena. He made collecting seem simple: all the