Vance Jordan, 60; Dealer Boosted Status of Arts and Crafts

Vance Jordan, 60, a dealer of American art who helped raise the status of the American Arts and Crafts movement among collectors, died Monday in New York City of cancer.

Jordan owned a gallery in the 1970s in the Soho section of Manhattan specializing in American Arts and Crafts furniture and pottery by artists such as Gustav Stickley and William H. Fulper II.

In 1987, Jordan moved his gallery uptown to Madison Avenue and began focusing on American paintings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Jordan himself had an eclectic art collection that included Swatch watches, antique clown shoes and 19th century Italian paintings. He served on the board of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.