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ANDY WARHOL JUST GOT his own shiny, silvery sculpture by

artist Rob Pruitt near his former Factory, which of course had

silver spray-painted walls. Warhol famously declared that, in the

future, everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. While that

has proven true for countless reality T.V. “stars,” today’s artists

have managed to capture the spotlight for way more than 15

years, and the legacy of work they leave behind lasts forever.

At AVENUE, we are art-a-holics, constantly updating each

other on what is for sale at Larry Gagosian’s art for the masses

store on Madison Avenue, which Creative Director Cricket

Burns haunts on a daily basis (and writes about in this month’s

“Cricket’s Crush”). So we decided to channel that love into a

special art issue, and go straight to the source to get

the lowdown on the ever-changing pulse of Manhattan’s art

scene: Nicola Vassell, director of The Pace Gallery, which

not only has branches in New York, but also London and

China—the next frontier.

Vassell’s story is a fairy tale: She grew up in Jamaica,

moved to New York and became a top model before enrolling

in NYU and going from intern to director of the groundbreaking,

seminal Deitch Projects in just one year. When Jeffrey Deitch

closed his gallery to move to Los Angeles and become the

director of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Vassell was

grabbed up by Pace, where she has already started making

news with exciting, edgy shows. Just 32, Vassell has much

insight to share, and gives us an insider’s peek into the

high-stakes game of showing and selling art.

Not only one of the most powerful women in the art world

(she reminds us of Mary Boone circa the ’80s), Vassell is a

social magnet and one of the city’s most coveted guests,

everywhere from movie premieres to dinner parties to fashion

bashes. Just looking at the stunning photos Juan Algarin took

of her, it’s easy to see why everyone would want this stylish

siren at their table—not to mention that she is incredibly

fascinating to talk to as well. We will definitely be seeing a lot

more of Vassell for decades to come.

As for me, I remember buying my first big work of art when

I was just 22. It was a silver and hot-pink Andy Warhol electric

chair that has since always hung above my bed (I still fear

that, one day, it’s going come toppling down on me—death by

Warhol). I bought the piece for a song from a collector who

needed cash, fast. An art collection is a reflection of who you

are, and writer Lorinda Ash sets out to discover what makes

New York’s sharpest collectors tick in the feature “Record

(Setting) Collectors.” From Agnes Gund and her 1963 Jasper

Johns classic Map to young collector Adam Lindemann—who

amassed works by Murakami, Damien Hirst and Urs Fischer

before they were household names—these collections are

mind-blowing.

Meanwhile, Kari Milchman visits the studio of Richard

Dupont, who most recently created large molds of his skull

and filled them with remnants of his life. As she writes, they’re

like time capsules—so Warhol, a notorious pack rat (or rather

hoarder), would naturally approve.

Finally, we debut a new monthly feature: “AVEnew,” where we

will introduce you to the next crop of talent in New York. This

month, Sophie Elgort photographed Bettina Prentice, who is fast

becoming the go-to girl for the gallery scene.

Enjoy our artful, eye-popping issue. And we will of course run

into you soon at the Gagosian store.

Peter Davis

Editor

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52 GALLERY GIRLFormer model Nicola Vassell went from gallery intern todirector before she was 30. Now charged with revampingThe Pace Gallery, the edgy beauty is recruiting hot newartists to add to an impeccable collection of classics. Forfashion-forward Vassell, it’s just another day in the life.by paul lasterphotographs by juan algarinstyled by cricket burns

60 NEW YORK’S TOP 60 ART COLLECTORSThe owners behind New York’s best art collectionsreveal the pieces they’d never part with and futuredream acquisitions. In a city where a love of the arts isin our DNA, these powerful taste-makers seek out boththe best of the past and tomorrow’s brightest stars.by lorinda ash

66 INSIDE THE ARTIST’S STUDIOWith a new solo show opening this month, RichardDupont’s art world status is cemented. Here, he discusseshis work and the politics of being an artist and an heir.by kari milchmanphotographs by sophie elgort

COLUMNS

26 CHRONICLESCelebrating moms, milestones and Mario (Buatta,of course—who else?) with family and close friends.by debbie bancroft

30 PYTSA fashionable flock of New Yorkers toast documentarianJamie Johnson and his fashion debut: Black Sweater.by luigi tadini

38 CRICKET’S CRUSHOne girl’s love affair with the Gagosian Shop’smany artsy offerings. by cricket burns

46 AVENEWBettina Prentice on work, home and standing out onthe Avenue. photograph by sophie elgort

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48 BOOKS TO LOOK ATOffice of Strategic Services (OSS) founder“Wild Bill” Donovan was “Oh, So Social!”.by e.f. ulmann

50 OLD NEW YORKHow J.P. Morgan’s private library became aworld-renowned public institution.

100 WORLD ACCORDING TO . . .Simon de Pury reveals where the art worldgathers for lunch and his fave New Yorker(an artist, naturally).

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15 ON THE AVENUEParty pictures from recent events.

36 ARTS CALENDARWhat’s on view at galleries and museums.

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“I’ve known Nicola Vassell since she made her art

world debut at Deitch Projects,” Paul Laster recalls.

“She’s definitely a dealer to follow.” This month’s cover

story writer is also an artist himself, as well as an

independent curator. He is the founding editor of the

website Artkrush, editor of Artspace’s A+ Blog and

New York Desk editor at ArtAsiaPacific, to name a few.He is a frequent contributor to Time Out New York, TheDaily Beast, artnet, Art in America, Modern Paintersand The New York Observer, amongst others. Lasterwas previously an adjunct curator of photography at

MoMA PS1.

Behind the Scenes


may contributors

AVENUE books columnist E.F.

Ulmann’s Southampton home is

filled with a rather extensive

collection of antiquarian books.

He quotes Logan Pearsall Smith,

saying, “Some people say life is

the thing, but I prefer reading.”

This month, Ulmann writes about

General “Wild Bill” Donovan, founder

of the OSS, which predated the CIA.

“I believe the only thing I have in

common with the general is that we

both served in what some called

‘Silk Stocking’ units of the New York

National Guard,” Ulmann notes. “He

was in cavalry Troop I in Buffalo, and

I was in the 7th Infantry Regiment

on Park Avenue.” Ulmann has also

written for New York Press and

Quest Magazine.

A lot has changed since the days

when photographer Sophie Elgort

would costume and pose her

childhood friends for pictures, as is

evident by her work in this month’s

story on Richard Dupont and

the magazine’s inaugural AVEnew

column featuring Bettina Prentice.

“Shooting Richard was great. After

seeing where he was coming from,

we did lots of different things

to capture him, his work and

personality best,” says Elgort. “And

I loved getting to know Bettina—we

shared lots of laughs and had

a really good time shooting.”

Elgort has worked for clients from

Bloomingdales to Phillips de Pury &

Company (whose Simon de Pury is

coincidentally featured on our back

page!), and her photography has

been published in Women’s WearDaily, New York magazine, VogueIndia and Russian Tattler, to namea few. She’s also a regular fixture at

New York Fashion Week, capturing

the shows of Narciso Rodriguez,

Alice + Olivia, Christian Cota and

many others.

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“I am enormously grateful that many

of the city’s best collectors, usually

quite private, have allowed themselves

to be profiled here,” says Lorinda

Ash, referring to her “Record

(Setting) Collectors” feature. “They

are all motivated by a genuine

passion and consuming interest in

the art of our time.” A native New

Yorker, Ash has been chronicling the

art world in AVENUE for years. Sheworked as a dealer for Gagosian

Gallery for nearly a decade, and is

now a well-regarded art consultant

working with corporate and private

clients to acquire contemporary art.

She has personally dealt with many of

the collectors profiled and listed in

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“Motherhood is the greatestsorority in the world,”Muffie Potter Astonreminded us as she

accepted the Mother of the Year Award atThe American Cancer Society AwardLuncheon. Those of us with teenagedaughters with better shoes than ourown, toddlers who eat our Crème de laMer or lump sons (our lump sum) whoproduce nary a card this May 8 knowMuffie’s story—and remember thatmotherhood truly is the greatest gift in

life. After 12 miscarriages and a nurserythat remained unfinished, too painful theconstant disappointments, she was finallyblessed with Bracie and Ashleigh. Sheslept in their room for their first year,never missing a feeding.“Dr. Aston, am I not doing a good job?”

asked the idle baby sitter. “No,” he replied.“Mrs. Aston is doing the one job shealways wanted.” Sherrell also told us thatwhile he knew from the first night he metMuffie that she would be his wife, she toldhim, “Hold on a minute—I intend to be a

mother!” (though he already had threeboys). Bracie and Ashleigh, perfecttowheaded angels, presented mommywith their own homemade ‘trophy’ card . . .and there was not a dry eye in the place.

Dr. Freya Schnabel, director of BreastSurgery at the NYU Langone MedicalCenter, was also honored as Mother of theYear—richly deserved for the countlessmothers’ lives she has saved and for thepassion and adoration she has for her twodaughters who, as she said, “transformedmy life.” Patti Hansen, whose lifeDr. Schnabel saved, presented her award.Co-chairs and proud friends included:Grace Hightower De Niro, SomersFarkas, Diana Feldman, Daphna Keitel,Alexandra Lebenthal, Cynthia Lufkin,Georgette Mosbacher, Allison Stern andAdrienne Vittadini.Another pal being deservedly lauded,

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Flashback: An unseasonably cold March eveningunleashes a brutal hail storm—or, as The WeatherChannel calls it, “a wintry mix.”But nothing keeps NewYork’s ubiquitous fashion set from getting its fix, and a

hundred or so stylish cats venture out to Bergdorf Goodman’smen’s store despite the chill. Everyone’s come to toast the launchof pedigreed filmmaker Jamie Johnson’s menswear line, BlackSweater—and to shop.It’s immediately clear that the multi-talented documentary

filmmaker’s first steps into the fashion industry have beenenormously successful. Beginners luck? Not quite. Those whoknow the effortlessly stylish and understated Johnson are not

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hazing habit developed by Jupiter Island oil heiress Permelia Reedto shun and dismiss those she deemed socially unfit. Story has itthat Mrs. Reed would send black sweaters to people whosebehavior she found impermissible, banishing them from the poshresort community. After a couple of vodka cocktails, shoppersbegin playing their own game of “black sweater,”asking each otherif they had ever received the dreaded woolen item or beenblack-balled by other society dames.

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sweater a newcomer? “Not getting a thank-you card—that’sblack sweater-able,” says Refinery29 New York Editor KristianLaliberte definitively. “Drunkenly breaking my window? Black-sweatered. Swiping my salad from the work refrigeratorrepeatedly? Ouch, my sweater hurts.” Philanthropic beautyBettina Prentice adds, “I would actually send a black sweater toMayor Bloomberg for his harsh indifference to the suffering ofthe poor and destitute in this city.”What about you, Ms. Heller?“I’d send one to Sarah Palin. She needs to be kept from leavingAlaska, and she could use some public shaming.”Meanwhile, designer TimoWeiland prefers to chat about the

trials of manufacturing a line in New York—something he hasin common with Johnson. “It is expensive and at times quiteslow,” he explains, “but one of the pros is the proximity to theproduction facilities for your standard quality control visits.”Johnson himself sources most of his fabrics from Italy andEngland, but everything is manufactured here in New Yorkby local tailors, a trend we have seen grow within theyoung fashion design community and one that supportsone of our city’s largest manufacturing industries.Designer Alexander Olch is co-hosting the evening,

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climbing what Sir Edmund Hillary wasto the Himalayas. He had an apartmentat One Beekman Place, a townhousein Georgetown, an estate in Virginiafox-hunting country and was married toa lady of consequence.

Born to Irish immigrants in Buffalo,Donovan grew up in the city’s Hibernianghetto known as the First Ward. RomanCatholic connections got him intoColumbia College (class of 1905), wherehe was on the crew and football teams.His classmates voted him the “most

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Back in Buffalo, Donovan started alaw firm with the socially prominentBradley Goodyear, a Columbia class-mate. Soon, Donovan became amember of the elite Saturn Club onBuffalo’s Delaware Avenue, or“Millionaire Mile” as it was known. Atthe turn of the 19th century, Buffalohad more millionaires per capita thanany other city in America.Next, Donovan joined the exclusive

Troop I “silk-stocking” cavalry regimentof the New York guard. Originally a club,the Troop found itself in Mexico on apunitive expedition commanded byGeneral “Black Jack”Pershing to deal withthe bandito Pancho Villa.In 1914, Donovan married Ruth

Rumsey, daughter of a Delawarerailroads, banking and real estatemultimillionaire. Her cousin wasCharles Cary Rumsey, gentlemansculptor, eight-goal polo playerand husband to E.H. Harriman’sdaughter, Mary. These were connec-tions of the highest order.InWorldWar I, Donovan became a

figure in the 69th “Irish” Regiment,earning the Medal of Honor for hisbravery and the sobriquet “WildBill” for his leadership style, writesWaller. Others say the nickname wasborrowed from another “Wild Bill”Donovan: a major league pitcher whoonce walked nine successive batters.It is now clear what great good

the OSS achieved. The surprisinglyAnglophile Donovan encouragedFDR to support the British beforeAmerica entered World War II, andhe worked well with the BritishSpecial Operations Executive oncethe shooting started. It is a pointto be remembered that until D-Dayin 1944, much of the fighting inNazi-occupied Europe was conductedby resistance groups of the typeorganized, supported and oftenmanned by the SOE (Special

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At just 32, model-turned gallerista Nicola Vassell has becomeone of the most important names in the art world. From the eternally edgy Deitch Projects to The Pace Gallery, she is making waves for her keen eye and hard work. With her laid-back charisma, striking look and serious social power,Vassell is the new queen of the art world scene.

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Last year, when gallery kingpin and street artpioneer Jeffrey Deitch rocked the art world byannouncing that he was shuttering his seminalspace, Nicola Vassell was floored. “It wasshocking,” recalls Vassell, who had risen fromintern to Deitch Projects’ director in just one

year. “All good things come to an end. I understood hisdecision, but it was sad to see the end of a tremendous eraand of a certain spirit for downtown and the avant-garde.”As Deitch prepared to move to Los Angeles to become thedirector of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Vassell bidadieu to Deitch Projects after five years of loyalty to becomethe new director of The Pace Gallery.But despite being an encyclopedia of information (and

opinions) on contemporary art with a drool-worthy contactlist, Vassell wasn’t born into the high stakes, major moneygame of big-time galleries. Born in 1978, she grew up in SaintAndrew Parish, Jamaica. Sheremembers that life was simplethere, sheltered and paradise-like, with a lively mix of family,nature and of course great spicyJamaican food. “I was on theedge between analog life—whatwas before—and the wholedigital revolution, and wasactually wise enough to be awareof it,” she explains. At 17, Vassellhigh-tailed it to NewYork.“All ofthe qualities of my characterwere formed in Jamaica, but Ibecame an adult in New York,”she says with barely a trace ofJamaican twang. “I was drawnto New York by the excitementand endless possibilities. Beingyoung, curious and carefree brought me here, but I didn’texpect to fall in love with the city the way I did.”AndNewYork,in turn, fell in love with Vassell.With her striking bone structure and incredible body,

Vassell became a model. She found early success working forNext and Fordmodeling agencies, landing magazine editorials,ad campaigns and runway shows in New York and Paris.Wanting more for her future, Vassell enrolled at New YorkUniversity to study art history and business. “Having beeninvolved in a creative industry in New York, your nerves areexposed to all of the others in a weird way,” she says. “I thinkmy time in the fashion business trained me in very interestingways. I certainly have a sensitivity to the objectification ofbeauty—understanding its pitfalls, its highlights and how it’sput out in the world for consumption.”“I met Nicola about 12 years ago when she was a model,”

says Jason Campbell, founder and editor in chief of the onlinefashion magazine JC Report. “I was a friend of her agent atNext Models and we met at one of his gatherings. My initialimpression was how intelligent she was. Her vocabulary was

laser-sharp and her references were unexpected. Her moveinto the art world was almost seamless, and was borne out ofan intellectual curiosity, in my estimation. All of a sudden,she was writing articles for TRACE Magazine and otherpublications; then she was studying at NYU; and then shewas at Deitch Projects.”Vassell met Jeffrey Deitch at the Armory Show in 2005 and

started attending his gallery openings, which attractedeveryone from young art stars like Nate Lowman and TerenceKoh to established names like Cindy Sherman and moviestar-turned-artist James Franco, who has collaborated withDeitch. Vassell fit right in. She proposed an internship atDeitch Projects for her final school credits and that soonturned into a full-time job. “Jeffrey could cut through theweeds and shrubbery on the quest for interesting, great youngtalent, which is a tough thing to do,”Vassell says.“To recognizeit in its green form and really see the potential for blossoming

is its own challenge—that,coupled with a very elegant wayof doing business, the relation-ships he was able to build andunderstanding artists only onthe highest level. There wasnever any interest in the money;he was always more interested ingenerating cultural patterns. Allof his motives were focused on alarger philosophy of art and life,which I find fascinating.”Mentored by Deitch, Vassell

was soon handling the high-powered careers of KehindeWiley, Nari Ward, TaubaAuerbach, Francesco Clementeand Raqib Shaw, whom sherecently brought to Pace. “I

didn’t really have a self-awareness of what I was doing,” sheclaims modestly. “We were just so busy. There was so muchwork that had to be done because it was a very ambitiousprogram and we were a tight team—all women, likesuper women. There were the exhibitions, the books, thecollaborations.When I look back, things seem so much moreprofound than when I was doing them. We were workingwith really great artists and we had to deliver. We were thereto serve and to make sure that all of their ambitions wererealized in the ways that they wanted.”As the frenetic action at the gallery picked up, Vassell was

also holding salon gatherings centered on shows that shecurated in her Soho loft—with Deitch’s blessing, of course.With her ease around people in art, fashion and media,Vassell is a natural hostess, and thus also one of the most-invited people in New York’s A-list circle. “I loved the wayJeffrey considered downtown a special community,” she saysenthusiastically. “We were in our own world down there. Itwas a tight, spirited, cool community. I was in my PeggyGuggenheim-obsessed stage, with her great salons in Paris

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“All of the qualities of mycharacter were formed inJamaica, but I becamean adult in New York.

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and New York, and was really interested in that activity as acommunication tool.”WhenMoCA namedDeitch its new director in January 2010,

it didn’t take long for blue chip galleries to come pounding onVassell’s door.AmajorNew York Times profile in February 2009had everyone knowing who she was and where to find her.“Nicola came to our attention years ago through a few artists,and at the same time we would meet up with her at variousplaces, usually art fairs,” says Andrea Glimcher, director ofcommunications at The Pace Gallery. “On each occasion, sheimpressed us with her enthusiasm and professionalism. WhenJeffrey’s appointment was announced, Marc and I raced to callher. After spending time getting to know her more, it was clearher vitality and perspective wouldbe a great addition to Pace.”There, Vassell is working with

artists Sterling Ruby and RaqibShaw, and being mentoredby Arne Glimcher. “Arne isbrilliant,” Vassell gushes. “It’ssometimes overwhelming tothink how much he’s achieved.To maintain this incrediblesense of curiosity for art—heputs all of us young dealers toshame. The momentum of hisactivity and his infinite humility,which I find shocking when youthink of all of the egos andpersonalities that drive the artworld. Here is a titan of theindustry as the coolest guy onemoment and exacting the next.He embodies the spirit of the true dealer; the one withfundamental values. He’s the real deal. He loves artists. I thinkyou have to love artists more than you love the money andsuccess that they bring you. Some people understand thatbelief and others don’t. Arne’s sort of the Godfather of it.”Vassell’s true inspiration also comes from working with

artists. Her average day involves communicating with themto fulfill their needs, discussing ideas and coordinatingproduction and shipping, as well as spending time withclients in the gallery, traveling for shows and studio visits andmoving between Pace’s various spaces. When we spoke, shewas in China for the first time—along with Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst, the director for Pace’s new London gallery—forDiane von Furstenberg’s “Red Ball” in Shanghai and a relatedexhibition at Pace Beijing. Yet just hours after getting offthe plane back in New York, Vassell made it uptown to catchthe tail end of a dinner hosted by Art Production Fund,seeing artist friends like John Currin, Jeff Koons, Tom Sachsand Hope Atherton. In New York, it’s rare to be in a roomwhere everyone isn’t vying for Vassell’s attention.China is The Pace Gallery’s new frontier. When this writer

interviewed Arne Glimcher about the 50 Years at Pace

exhibition for The Daily Beast last September, Glimcher said,“We have plans to expand to Shanghai and Hong Kong. Idon’t think anyone can be stronger than we are in Asia.People are very familiar with artists like Zhang Xiaogang andYue Minjun, but the younger generation that nobody knowshere yet is incredible. They have so much more to say than theWestern world. The Western narrative is over; the Chinesenarrative is just beginning. The future of the world is alreadyChina. The next middle class of collectors is coming up inChina. They’re collecting mostly Chinese art, but eventuallythey’ll be collecting Western art.”“I’m beginning to feel Arne’s wisdom about China,” Vassell

says aggreably. “I get the sense that’s there’s a massive future forWestern art there. Eastern arthas been able to penetrate theWestern circumference for manyyears, but in reciprocation thereis still a challenge. I think Arnesensed that. It’s great that wehave things happening here.”Considering the recent

expansion of the art world intothe Middle East, Africa, LatinAmerica and Southeast Asia,Vassell reasons: “Borders havebeen dissolved, and what wasonce concealed is revealed.People have to get rid of theirold-school notions of the waythat everything was so heavilycompartmentalized, and knowthat now everything has to bemuch more fluid and there’s a

need to be open to all sorts of new, hybrid manifestations ofart. It’s natural and it is wise.”But back to NewYork, a center where we can discover the rest

of the world through art. Reflecting on how she fits into thefabric of the city, Vassell says, “All New Yorkers, whether bornhere or arriving here, have a certain spirit of adventure anddon’t necessarily fit into the general weave of normal existence.Everyone has a streak of wanting to discover something and awillingness to veer off path and cut a road for a new journey—a kind of spirited ranger. That was definitely the reason I cameto New York: I was looking for truth in life in general.”Vassell is a true New Yorker with enough street cred to

one day open her own galleries all over the globe. At 32, sheis still in her first act. The art world is sure to be watchingher every move for decades to come, and we, her audience,won’t have to leave Manhattan to do it. “I think I fit inphilosophically now, but every day is a struggle in New York.So you’re only as good as your last gig. You always have tokeep coming up with new ideas.” And there is no doubt thatVassell has plenty more ideas in store for the future. �

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“The Western narrativeis over . . . The nextmiddle class of

collectors is comingup in China. They’recollecting mostlyChinese art, but

eventually they’ll becollecting Western art.”

—Arne Glimcher

New York is the centerof the contemporaryart world, overrunwith collectors, artists,

galleries, private dealers,advisors, framers, shippers,writers, magazines and auctionhouses. No longer the secrethobby of a wealthy elite,collecting contemporary hasgone mainstream. From ParkAvenue to Park Slope, withbudgets limitless and limited,people are now interested inbuying art both for pleasureand investment.

But no matter how wide-spread the pursuit, thereremains a handful of choicecollectors whose opinions,purchases, institutional supportand trend-setting savoir faireinfluence what others buyand sell. Their homes couldbe mistaken for galleries ormuseums, and their calendarsare filled with the biggestopenings and benefits in thecity. Everyone from gallerists todealers is vying to have theirear because not just anyonehas their eye. These are NewYork’s most wanted collectors.

Record(Setting)Collectors


Secrets from inside the collectionsof the biggest contemporary artenthusiasts in the picture

by LORINDA ASH


Eli BroadWith an art-filled home in Brentwood, L.A., a Richard Meier-designedMalibu beach house and a New York pied-a-terre at the SherryNetherland, billionaire businessman and philanthropist Eli Broad is anational collecting force. Broad has been called Los Angeles’ mostsignificant arts patron, and his resume boasts intimate involvment inthe founding of The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), TheBroad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA, Frank Gehry’s WaltDisney Concert Hall, the revitalization of downtown Los Angeles andthe Claremont Colleges, to name a few projects. Broad has recentlybegun work on the building of his own Contemporary Museum in LosAngeles, which he expects to be the crowning achievement ofhis lifetime as an arts patron and collector. Although he and hisfoundation have purchased more than 2,000 works of art, Broad hasno trouble picking out his favorites: Jeff Koons’ Rabbit and MichaelJackson and Bubbles. “I never thought they would be worth asmuch as they are today,” he says with a laugh. When askedwhich undiscovered artists he bought early in their careers, Broadcites Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons and Cindy Sherman(The Broad Foundation houses the world’s largest collection of herphotographs). He also owns the single largest personal collection ofthe late, great Roy Lichtenstein. Broad’s favorite dealers includeGagosian, Zwirner and Wirth, Matthew Marks and Metro Pictures.But in the end, the Broads make their own decisions, as they haveover a lifetime of art collecting.

BarbaraleeDiamonstein-SpielvogelBarbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel has created an unparalleledmodern and contemporary drawings collection. Drawing as amedium, she believes, embodies the essence of the artist’s work—justas essays, which she and husband advertising legend AmbassadorCarl Spielvogel also admire (they give an annual PEN Award for thebest collection of essays), reflect the true intent of the creator.Gracing the couple’s magnificent Park Avenue apartment andSouthampton homes is a very personal and highly sophisticatedcollection of works on paper, from Freud to Picasso to Lichtenstein toTwombly to Johns and others too numerous to name. Diamonstein-Spielvogel is also her own curator, framer and installer. In her sparetime, the vice-chair of The New York State Council on the Arts hasbeen hard at work on her 20th book, the illustrated encyclopediaLandmarks New York, Volume V, to be published in Septemberaccompanied by an 11-city traveling museum tour throughout the state.

“I never thought theywould be worth as muchas they are today.”—Eli Broad on hisJeff Koons pieces


“I’ve gotten greatadvice from friendsover the years. Thefirst was Burton andEmily Tremaine, whointroduced me to LeoCastelli. But in theend, I make my owndecisions.”—Agnes Gund

Agnes GundThe reigning queen of New York’s art world is belovedphilanthropist and collector Aggie Gund. She is the PresidentEmerita of The Museum of Modern Art and chair ofMayor Bloomberg’s Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission.In addition, Gund sits on the boards of at least seven othercultural institutions and is beyond generous to many more.Self-effacing and unassuming, Gund smiles modestly whenasked about her collection, despite the fact that it is soastounding it draws the attention of museums and educationalinstitutions from around the world—to which she graciouslyopens her incredible Park Avenue home. Visitors are dazzledby her collection of post-war, pop, minimal, contemporary andAsian art. “I’ve gotten great advice from friends over theyears,” Gund says graciously. “The first was Burton and EmilyTremaine, who introduced me to Leo Castelli. But in the end, Imake my own decisions.” And what impressive decisions she’smade since buying her first piece at the age of 26. “Two piecesI’d never sell are the Jasper Johns 1963 classic Map and RoyLichtenstein’s 1962 comic painting Masterpiece,” says Gund.Those plus works by Johns, Lichtenstein, Rauschenberg,Pollock, Rosenquist, Marden, LeWitt and Serra are just a few ofher treasures. But to the New York art world, Gund is the mosttreasured of all.

Stefan Edlis andGael NeesonCollectors Stefan Edlis and Gail Neeson were recently honored byManhattan’s downtown New Museum of Contemporary Art, andvirtually the entirety of the New York art world turned out to payhomage to them. Splitting their time between the city, Chicago andAspen, the pair has been among the most generous supporters ofthe Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Aspen ArtMuseum. The charming and fun-loving couple is routinely courted bythe many dealers and artists whose work they collect. Frequentfixtures in the auction rooms, they do not hesitate to buy, sell andaggressively pursue new work, adding to their collection with anenthusiasm that belies Edlis’s many years as a collector. Pepperedwith questions about whether he buys for love or investmentand asked to predict the future stars of the art world, Mr. Edlis sayswith his characteristic chuckle, “I only discuss these weightyquestions—together with the meaning of life—at a bar with the helpof a gin on the rocks with a splash of water and two olives.”


The Top 59Collectorsin New York

Sid and Mercedes BassRobert and Renee BelferLeon and Debbie BlackNelson BlitzPeter Brant and

Stephanie SeymourMelva Bucksbaum and

Ray LearsyEli BroadDonald BryantGustavo and Patricia

CisnerosMichael and Eileen CohenSteven and Alexandra

CohenAgo Demirdjian and Tiqui

AtencioBarbaralee Diamonstein-

SpielvogelStefan Edlis and Gael

NeesonDaniel FilipacchiGlenn and Amanda

FuhrmanDanielle and David GanekLaurence GraffAgnes GundCharles and Nathalie de

GunzburgChristine and Andrew HallSandy HellerRonnie HeymanSusan and Michael HortPeter and Jill KrausHenry and Marie-Josée

KravisLeonard and Evelyn

LauderRonald LauderFrancine LeFrak and Rick

Friedberg

Sandy HellerWell-known art advisor Sandy Heller is most wanted for the advice he gives to his Wall Streetclients. Although everyone knows his client roster includes billionaire collector Steve Cohen,when asked to comment, Heller discreetly replies, “I’m not at liberty to say.” He is courtedby dealers throughout the city in the hopes that he will recommend a big-ticket purchase tohis rarefied clientele. Indeed, Heller has reason to be optimistic when it comes to themarket. “Most of my gallery friends seem to feel more confident,” he says. “Dealers seem tofeel better, shows are still ambitious and expensive to make and the work is selling. New Yorkfeels good.” Of course, Heller admittedly “works in a little bubble” at the very highest end ofthe contemporary art market. Even so, Heller’s nothing if not prudent: He likes to see anartist’s proven track record in the last 10 years and only then feels comfortable betting ontheir future.

Richard and Barbara LaneWhile the art world is propelled to new heights by many a young, aggressive buyer andendless Wall Street money, Richard and Barbara Lane exemplify a certain breed of collectorthat shares a passion and long-standing involvement and generosity in contemporary art.(Think the Lauders, Macklowes, Sauls and Newhouses, to name a few.) The Lanes have longbeen leaders of the American Friends of the Israel Museum and have been involvedwith many New York institutions, along with their daughters, Allison and Meredith, nowsignificant collectors in their own right. Interior designer Barbara and real-estate mogulRichard are true connoisseurs of contemporary art, post-war Italian painting and 20thcentury design. The one painting they’d never sell? “Rauschenberg’s combine paintingBackwash, 1959—our first major purchase in 1987,” according to Richard. But he has adifferent answer when asked which is the one piece of art they didn’t think would be wortha lot: “Our first Warhol painting, purchased in 1978, Troy Donahue, 1962.” Their biggestregret? “The one that got away,” he recalls wistfully, “Jasper Johns’ Jubilee.”


The Top 59Collectorsin New York

Tom and Janine HillRichard and Barbara

LaneTom Lee and Ann

TenebaumAdam Lindemann and

Amalia DayanNinah and Michael LynneHarry and Linda

MackloweDonald MarronDon and Catherine

MarronAlberto MugrabiS.I. and Victoria

NewhouseJohn and Amy PhelanLeon and Cynthia PolskyLouise and Len RiggioAby and Samantha

RosenAlexander Rower and

Elan GentryBeth Rudin DeWoodyCharles SaatchiMortimer and Jackie

SacklerArthur and Pamela

SandersBenedict SilvermanSheldon SolowDavid and Jennifer

StockmanJerry Speyer and

Katherine FarleyAndrew and Denise SaulJerome and Ellen SternEllyn and Saul DennisonDaniel and Margaret

LoebEmily Fisher LandauStafford and Laura

BroumandAnn Ziff

Tom Lee and Ann TenenbaumPrivate equity genius Tom Lee and his arts patron wife, Ann Tenenbaum, have an exceptionalcollection of post-war and contemporary painting and sculpture, along with an exceptionalcollection of vintage and contemporary photographs. Tenenbaum serves on the PublicDesign Commission of NYC as the representative and board member of The MetropolitanMuseum of Art. She is also on the boards of The Studio Museum in Harlem and TheChairman’s Council of MoMA, amongst others. She and Lee are known to be a verygenerous, engaging and decisive couple with confidence in their taste. “I only buy what I loveand I’m not sentimentally attached to the pieces,” Tenenbaum admits. “My favoriteschange all the time. Right now it is our Pollock drip painting.” She has few regrets, with theexception of “the Miró constellation we failed to buy at auction a few years ago,” as sheruefully notes. Such failures are few and far between, and the couple has amassed a trulygreat collection of masterpieces.

Adam Lindemannand Amalia DayanDashing polo player, businessman, author andart collector Adam Lindemann is married to hisfavorite art dealer, Amalia Dayan and, as hesays, “the rest I can live without.” What work ofart would he never, ever sell? Lindemann sayswith a twinkle, “My five daughters—but I’ll fieldoffers.” He is proud that he has acquired quite afew undiscovered artists early in their careers,but regrets that it’s “never enough.” Heexplains, “Murakami was an early love affair, aswell as Damien Hirst and Urs Fischer, and I’mstill a big fan of all three.” Yet there are stillthose dream purchases . . . “Picasso’s Guernicaor perhaps I’d prefer Titian’s Venus of Urbino.Give me that and I quit.” In the meantime,Lindemann and Dayan surround themselveswith contemporary art and design in theirjaw-dropping homes in upstate New York,Montauk and Manhattan.


Charles SaatchiFor 30-plus years, Charles Saatchi has been buying art,exhibiting it in his galleries, publishing beautiful catalogues,selling the work and moving on to new art. From his Londonperch, Saatchi exerts a powerful pull over the New York artmarket, snatching up work from emerging artists here andbringing it to the attention of a European audience. His is thecollection that every young artist wants to get into and everydealer wants to sell to. “As far as taste is concerned, I primarilybuy art in order to show it off,” he writes in My Name is CharlesSaatchi and I am an Artoholic. “So it’s important for me that thepublic respond to it and to contemporary art in general.”Saatchi was an early buyer of Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, DonaldJudd, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and dozens of the greatestemerging artists of our time. When asked his opinion of thecurrent art market, he answers, “It will recover from therecession and become even stronger than before.” In themeantime, Saatchi says, “I’m buying at my usual fast pace.”What makes him buy a work? “If it doesn’t look like somethingI have seen 100 times before. Or if it’s visually very pleasing,or visually particularly repellant.” England’s most famous artcollector is also married to Domestic Goddess Nigella Lawson,and their home together is a tribute to visual and culinarymasterpieces alike. �

Beth Rudin DeWoodyAnyone who knows real estate heiress/collector/curatorBeth Rudin DeWoody knows that all her endeavors inthe art world are, as she says, “definitely for love.”Among her enormous collection of rising stars andmasterpieces is a great Mylar and graffiti painting byRudolf Stingel, the über-hot artist who recently showedat Gagosian Gallery. “When I bought it, I had no idea whohe was,” she admits, “but I loved the piece.” She alsoloves “all dealers,” DeWoody says, but notes Craig Starr,Jack Shainman, Luhring Augustine, Bryce Wolkowitzand Risa Needleman among her go-to dealers. A tirelessattendee of gallery shows, museum openings, charityevents and music and art-world parties, Beth isknown for her energy, generosity, passion and personalcommitment to art and the many artists, dealers andfriends in her very broad orbit.

“When I bought it, I had no idea who he was,but I loved the piece.” —Beth Rudin DeWoody on

a work by Rudolf Stingel


Richard Dupont


Never a “starving artist,” Richard Dupont still struggled to break intoNew York’s elite art world. Flashforward and his work is on display at

both the MoMA and the Whitney. Now, Dupont is no longer just a name,it’s a collectors’ item—and ‘a Dupont’ is always much-talked-about.

The ManyFaces of

Richard Dupont

by KARI MILCHMAN � photographed by SOPHIE ELGORT

You probably wouldn’t recognize RichardDupont from the many works he’s done basedon his own form. A collection of fleshy-pinkmen for his much-talked-about solo show atAby Rosen’s Lever House in 2008. Phantom

(2007), the larger-than-life etching of his hand recentlyacquired by the Museum of Modern Art. Or his latest series,polyurethane resin castings of his head filled with thedetritus of his life, opening at Carolina Nitsch Project Roomthis month. Since 2004 when he paid a visit to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and left with a digitalfull-body scan of himself, Dupont has been creating theseself-portraits that have very little to do with the self.“I’ve used my own body as sort of an armature for a lot of

the work I’ve done over the last seven years,” the wiry artistexplains. “I created this virtual form and that became rawmaterial for all kinds of work: print-making, drawing,sculpture.” But whereas early works explore surveillancethrough technology, Dupont’s latest series can be tied to theidea of self-surveillance—how people have taken todocumenting and recording their own lives in thorough detail.It’s an almost-warm afternoon at the artist’s studio on

Varick Street near Spring and Dupont is surrounded bymassive sculptures of his head. It’s all very Alice inWonderland. From that same laser scan, Dupont made themold that formed these hollow canisters in which he thenplaced, time capsule-style, the random “junk” and foundobjects he accumulated over nearly a decade. There are 12in all, each containing items ranging from the personal(photographs, his child’s shoe, stuffed animals) to thegeneric (steel wool, a crushed beer can, Styrofoam peanuts).

“For these, I wanted the physiognomy of the face to almostdisappear and be overtaken by what’s inside,” Dupont says ashe examines his likeness. “Our heads are filled with junk all thetime. It gets fed into us even as we try to live clean lives. Themetaphor is fairly straightforward and obvious, but that’s whatI like. It has an immediacy that I think is important.”What’s less obvious is the artist’s attempt to disempower

himself as the creator of these pieces. “I am basically workingupside down and inside out, so I can’t completely controlwhat’s happening,” Dupont says of his process. “Initially, Iwanted to avoid any type of intentional composition. Ofcourse, that’s impossible—somehow you find a way to makechoices. Even if an item is just dumped in there arbitrarily, itbecomes a gesture and immediately looks like I intended acertain effect. I’m interested in that line: where does controlend and accident begin? Working this way, I never knowexactly what I’m getting until the end. I love that there’salways an element of chance.”The playfulness of this series belies the hard work Dupont

has put in to get to the point where his art earns solo showsand a place at renowned New York museums. Heir to achemicals fortune and plugged into the business and NewYork social scenes—his father is a private investor andmother a Frick (she remarried)—Dupont’s connections didn’tgain him immediate access to the art world. As an undergrad,he studied art at Princeton. “The best thing about Princetonis it’s so close to New York so we had all these visiting artists,”Dupont says. “The Guerrilla Girls staged a week of events.Jackie Winsor came and talked. One day, I was in my studioand turned around and Roy Lichtenstein was standing rightbehind me—that was kind of a shock.”

Then, after school, Dupont moved to New York and didwhat most young creative types do to support their interests:work odd jobs. “I was teaching homeless kids art. I wasbartending. I took drum classes,” Dupont says of his post-college years. It was some time before the art world took note.Slowly, he was able to devote himself more to his art, andbegan contributing to group shows here and in Europe. Then,in 2004 when Dupont was 35, he caught a break—abig one. “Tracy Williams decided to give me a show, a largesculptural installation consisting of three figures that werelater bought by MoMA,” Dupont remembers. “After that,everything changed for me. There was a tremendousenergy that came out of the response to that show.”But in all those years as a “struggling artist,” was the

Dupont family name a help or hindrance? The fleetingjewelry collections, the chick lit, the small film roles—socialprominence can help put you out there, but success and

critical acclaim don’t always follow.“I don’t really think aboutthis too much now,”Dupont says carefully. “In the beginning,I wondered if this door opened or closed for this reason. If Ihad chosen a different career, it would probably have workedmore to my advantage. The art world doesn’t care—peopleare not interested in a ‘Dupont.’”So he, just like anyone, made his way the old fashioned

way: focusing on his work and hoping the right peoplewould notice. “The major decision makers are an insularpocket—not really an economic pocket, but more of anintellectual pocket,” Dupont says of the power players in hisfield. “The art world is more impenetrable than the socialworld or the business world by far. It’s a tiny club, and just likeany club, it has guidelines for membership and is difficult toget into. It’s the same as any other exclusive world, whether itbe Wall Street or Hollywood. No matter who you are andwhere you come from, you have to make a name for yourselfthrough hard work, perseverance and hopefully hitting theright notes once in a while.”Hitting the right notes is the hard part. “Everyone comes

with their own set of subjective points of view. Everyone hasa different favorite piece, a different reason why. It’s soarbitrary,” Dupont says. “So finding support is curious.I have done shows that I thought would sell out the first dayand nobody buys a thing. Then I do something else that Ithink is really challenging and no one is going to get, andeverybody goes crazy and wants to be involved. There reallyis no rhyme or reason sometimes.”But despite the subjectivity, Dupont has garnered enough

of a following to allow him to keep working—which,according to him, is the whole point. His success hasn’t goneto his head, and though he’s often seen at various parties andsocial functions with wife and gal-about-town LaurenDupont, he’s hardly become a regular fixture in the gossippages. “Everyone talks about how artists need to be celebrities,but that’s just not the case,” Dupont says firmly. “There isa handful of artists whose work is about creating thispost-AndyWarhol idea of the artist persona, but most artistsI know don’t put this caricature of themselves out into themedia. They are a very quiet group who keep to themselvesand are more interested in doing the work.”And in his case, the work has taken Dupont far—and will

take him farther still. With a show this fall in Seoul andanother in Berlin later this year, Dupont has come a long wayfrom his days as a bartender-slash-drummer. And though heand Lauren recently left Tribeca for the East 60s, Richard has noplans to leave New York any time soon. “It’s funny how peopleare so territorial, so tribal and neighborhood-oriented,” hemuses. “It’s kind of ironic because, really, it’s all just the samething now no matter where you live. It’s too expensive. Therearen’t many artists left in the city.”Well, there’s at least one.�

“The art world is like fashion—hem lines going upand down. You hang around long enough, and you’ll

see the full range.”—Richard Dupont


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In March, AVENUE Antiques & Art at the Armory Show brought more than 50 world-

class antique, art and jewelry dealers together with the magazine’s savvy readership

at the Park Avenue Armory. From mid-century modern furniture, accessories and

sculpture to contemporary art, fine jewelry, objets and more, the show offered something

for every interest. An opening night cocktail party honored legendary designer

Mario Buatta, who was also the subject of a breakfast panel discussion (a second,

on decorating with antiques today, also drew a lively audience). The show featured

exclusive partnerships with the New York School of Interior Design, Young Randolph

Young of Brown Harris Stevens and The Royal Oak Foundation. The fun and excitement

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O n the evening of March 9, The New York School of Interior Design hosted a

benefit honoring Mario Buatta and the school’s new Mario Buatta Atelier.

The affair was co-chaired by Hilary and Wilbur Ross, Anne Eisenhower, Bunny

Williams and John Rosselli. Design Chair Richard Mishaan recruited fellow leading designers

to create 32 spectacular Mario Buatta-inspired dinner tables for the occasion. “Mario Buatta

is an institution,” says Mishaan. “When my friends at AVENUE asked me to be design chair, I

thought It’d be a great way to pay homage to him, as well as to the design world at large.”

Here, AVENUE is pleased to present an exclusive look at these creative works of art. �

Leading designers create stunning table arrangementsinspired by Mario Buatta

Head of the Table

Richard Mishaan, Design ChairRichard Mishaan Design

Malcolm James KutnerMalcolm James Kutner, Inc.

Timothy WhealonTimothy Whealon, Inc.

Campion PlattCampion Platt


Louisa RyanStephanie Stokes, Inc.

Nina MortonNVM Interiors

Michael Zabriskie & Scott SalvatorScott Salvator, Inc.

Amy LauAmy Lau for 1stdibs

Elizabeth Koenig &Elizabeth PyneMcMillen Plus


Alex PapachristidisAlex Papachristidis Interiors

Ashley & Andrea Stark - Accenton FlowersStark Carpet

Philip GorrivanPhilip Gorrivan Design

David ScottDavid Scott Interiors, Ltd.

Head of the Table


Drew McGukinDrew McGukin Interiors

Vicente WolfVicente Wolf Associates

Ilene WetsonIlene Wetson Art & Design, Inc.

Valerie Mead, AllisonDavis, Elsie St. Léger &Michael HaroldNYSID Alumni Association -Officers Committee

Eric CohlerEric Cohler Design


Laura KirarLaura Kirar

Stephen Elrod for Lee JofaLee Jofa

Pierre FreyScott Guthrie, Inc.

Mary Beth Donohue &Ann PyneMcMillen, Inc.

Susan B. Nagle, AlliedMember ASIDBentel & Bentel

Head of the Table

Kevin Isbell, Julia Noran andJennifer CurryThe Editor At Large

Keith Carroll DesignKeith Carroll Design


Ellie Cullman & Tracey PruzanCullman & Kravis

Victoria HaganVictoria Hagan Interiors

Todd Alexander RomanoTodd Alexander Romano, LLC

Michele SafraMichele Safra Interiors

Amanda EssexA.T. Essex Interiors, LLC


Manhattan apartment sales

prices (including both

cooperatives and condo-

miniums) averaged $1.37

million in the first quarter of 2011, virtually

unchanged from a year ago. The median

apartment price of $787,500 was 4 per-

cent lower than the first quarter of 2010,

while the number of sales fell 23 percent

from 2010’s first quarter. The decline in the

number of sales may be attributed, in

large part, to the scheduled expiration of

the Bush-era tax cuts at the end of 2010.

Although they were ultimately extended,

the extension was not signed until the

middle of December. This was after many

homeowners had already made the

decision to sell before the year ended to

avoid paying a higher capital gains rate.

This rush to sell was reflected in the spike in

high-end closings beginning in November,

which pushed the average price up to

more than $1.6 million by December.

January 2011 saw closing prices return to

where they were in October, at approxi-

mately $1.34 million.

Recent revisions to economic data

indicate that New York City weathered the

recession much better than economists

originally thought. In total, about 140,000

jobs were lost, roughly 40,000 less than the

previous estimate. Job growth has picked

up recently in the higher-paying sectors

such as finance and business services,

and Wall Street just had its second most

profitable year ever. �

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EXTRAORDINARY UWS TOWNHOUSEUWS. Excl. Extraordinary 6-story townhouse w/dramatic loft w/S expos, flr-ceils wndws, terr, landscaped garden, 3 wbfps, 12’ceils, solarium, roof deck w/ city view. $13.5M. WEB# 1192317.Maria Torresy 212-906-9317Janet Chung 212-712-7734

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PENTHOUSE – OUTDOOR LOVERSEast 80s. Excl. Sun-flooded rooms with superb river views, 2BR, 2.5 bath, eat-in kitchen, spacious living room and dining room, wood floors, southern exposure, full-service doorman building. $2.75M. WEB# 1193977.Kathy Sloane 212-906-9258

GRAMERCY PARK TREASUREGramercy. Excl. Beautifully renovated 8 room, 4 bedroom home overlooking Gramercy Park. 31’ corner entertaining expanse, chef’s kitchen, 20 windows, 4 exposures. F/S Co-op. $5.995M. WEB# 1169468.John Burger 212-906-9274

SPECTACULAR VIEWSEastside. Co-Excl. Triple mint Trump Condo with breathtaking views of East River and Chrysler Bldg. 3BR, 3.5 marble bath in this 2,854SF home perfect for entertaining with 29’ wide living room. $4.9M. WEB# 1117697.Margaret H. Bay 212-906-9308

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RAMBLING AND ELEGANT EIGHTSutton. Excl. Mint PW 8 rm, 3BR, 3 bath, den, office, lrg LR w/wbfp, FDR, chef’s EIK, huge mstr w/lots of clsts, W/D, wbfp, sound syst. F/S Co-op w/courtyard. $3.175M. WEB# 1205768.Lisa Lippman 212-588-5606Scott Moore 212-588-5608

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HIGH FLOOR FOUR EXPOSURESPark Ave. Excl. High floor 3,550SF (329.80 meters) condo apt in one of the finest postwar bldgs in NYC. 3BR, 4 bath, eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, living room with 3 expos. City views. Pets ok. $7.3M. WEB# 1082846.Elese Reid 212-396-5861

4BR CONDO WITH RIVER VIEWSUWS. Excl. 4BR, 5 bath in F/S white-glove condo. Windowed eat-in kitchen, river views from every room, 24 hour doorman/concierge, gym, pool and playroom. $4.325M. WEB# 1207749.Marlene Marcus 212-906-9244

ELEGANCE AT THE WESTBURYUES. Co-excl. Lge entry gallery leads to grand LR, FDR + mahogany panels. Libr w/wet bar + chef’s EIK. 2nd BR/media rm, 3.5 bath. MBR suite has 2 baths + clsts. $8.7M. WEB# 1208933.Ellen Sussman 212-317-7740Florrie Milan 212-317-7728

15 CENTRAL PARK WESTCPW. Excl. Gorgeous coveted Tower “D line” with spectacular park and river views. 3,200SF, 3 or 4 bedrooms, and meticulous finishes abound. Enjoy life at 15 CPW. $28.75M. WEB# 1206082.Richard Wallgren 212-906-9350

MINT 6 ROOM HOME ON RSDRSD. Excl. Impeccably designed 3BR in prestigious RSD Co-op. N/S/E exposures offer incredible light throughout the day. Full service white glove bldg. $2.95M. WEB# 1195796.Leslie W. Singer 212-588-5675John Venekamp 212-588-5619

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Nicolas Palance

Jean Meisel

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Rachel Glazer

Margary Hadar

Leslie W. Singer


EXTRAORDINARY UWS TOWNHOUSEUWS. Excl. Extraordinary 6-story townhouse w/dramatic loft w/S expos, flr-ceils wndws, terr, landscaped garden, 3 wbfps, 12’ceils, solarium, roof deck w/ city view. $13.5M. WEB# 1192317.Maria Torresy 212-906-9317Janet Chung 212-712-7734

BEST AVAILABLE72nd St/Park Ave. Excl. Private elevator, grand scale w/2 wbfp, LR & libr, powder rm. 3MBR + guest & mds rm. All w/bath en suite. Big, open EIK. Move-in cond. $9.995M. WEB# 1105434.Mary L. Fitzgibbons 212-906-9259John Burger 212-906-9274

ONE BEDROOM WITH DEN AT 15 CPWUWS. Excl. Magnificent 1342SF 1BR with den condo in 15 CPW Tower. Faces east overlooking reflecting pool. White-glove bldg with gym, pool, carport and private dining. $4.25M. WEB# 1210195.Kyle Blackmon 212-588-5648

MATCHLESS SIX FACING FIFTH AVEUES. Excl. Prestigious mint prewar w/alluring entrance gallery, large LR, wbfp, FDR, eat-in kit, 2 master suites, CAC, W/D, direct CP tree-lined views, F/S bldg. $3.75M. WEB# 1027699.Guida De Carvalhosa 212-906-9271Elsie C. Nelson 212-906-9285

PENTHOUSE – OUTDOOR LOVERSEast 80s. Excl. Sun-flooded rooms with superb river views, 2BR, 2.5 bath, eat-in kitchen, spacious living room and dining room, wood floors, southern exposure, full-service doorman building. $2.75M. WEB# 1193977.Kathy Sloane 212-906-9258

GRAMERCY PARK TREASUREGramercy. Excl. Beautifully renovated 8 room, 4 bedroom home overlooking Gramercy Park. 31’ corner entertaining expanse, chef’s kitchen, 20 windows, 4 exposures. F/S Co-op. $5.995M. WEB# 1169468.John Burger 212-906-9274

SPECTACULAR VIEWSEastside. Co-Excl. Triple mint Trump Condo with breathtaking views of East River and Chrysler Bldg. 3BR, 3.5 marble bath in this 2,854SF home perfect for entertaining with 29’ wide living room. $4.9M. WEB# 1117697.Margaret H. Bay 212-906-9308

SPACIOUS ELEGANCEFifth Avenue. Excl. This 27th floor apartment in New York’s world-renowned Olympic Tower embodies a luxurious lifestyle on prestigious Fifth Avenue. Corps welcome. $3.35M. WEB# 1167813.Daniela Rivoir 212-906-9276

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STUNNING HOMEUnion Square. Excl. Fabulous 3BR, 3 bath, spacious home, open kitchen, separate quiet office, full-service building, garage, great Union Square locale. $2.295M. WEB# 1191408.The Colgate, Roberts & Uffelman Team 212-317-7793

KNICKERBOCKER CONDO 3BR HOMEUES. Excl. Beautiful, pristine home in this most special boutique condo. 3BR, 3 lux baths, windowed kitchen, W/D, super closets, high ceiling, large picture window. Unique and exquisite bldg. $2.4M. WEB# 1202879.Talia Kahn 212-317-7731

SUPERB CENTRAL PARK VIEWSMidtown West. Excl. Rarely avail, 1BR in the Essex House. Beautifully decorated, with park views from every wndw, galley kitchen, granite bath. Full hotel srvcs. $2.295M. WEB# 1205229.Danielle Grossenbacher 212-906-9303Holly Shamask 212-906-9272

FULL FLOOR LIVE AND/OR WORK LOFTUnion Square. Excl. 2,000SF floor-through condo loft with 11 foot barrel vaulted ceilings, exposed brick walls, north and south exposures, private key locked elevator and low monthlies. $1.795M. WEB# 1200166.Andrew J. Kramer 212-317-3634

HIGH FLOOR FOUR EXPOSURESPark Ave. Excl. High floor 3,550SF (329.80 meters) condo apt in one of the finest postwar bldgs in NYC. 3BR, 4 bath, eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, living room with 3 expos. City views. Pets ok. $7.3M. WEB# 1082846.Elese Reid 212-396-5861

4BR CONDO WITH RIVER VIEWSUWS. Excl. 4BR, 5 bath in F/S white-glove condo. Windowed eat-in kitchen, river views from every room, 24 hour doorman/concierge, gym, pool and playroom. $4.325M. WEB# 1207749.Marlene Marcus 212-906-9244

ELEGANCE AT THE WESTBURYUES. Co-excl. Lge entry gallery leads to grand LR, FDR + mahogany panels. Libr w/wet bar + chef’s EIK. 2nd BR/media rm, 3.5 bath. MBR suite has 2 baths + clsts. $8.7M. WEB# 1208933.Ellen Sussman 212-317-7740Florrie Milan 212-317-7728

15 CENTRAL PARK WESTCPW. Excl. Gorgeous coveted Tower “D line” with spectacular park and river views. 3,200SF, 3 or 4 bedrooms, and meticulous finishes abound. Enjoy life at 15 CPW. $28.75M. WEB# 1206082.Richard Wallgren 212-906-9350

MINT 6 ROOM HOME ON RSDRSD. Excl. Impeccably designed 3BR in prestigious RSD Co-op. N/S/E exposures offer incredible light throughout the day. Full service white glove bldg. $2.95M. WEB# 1195796.Leslie W. Singer 212-588-5675John Venekamp 212-588-5619

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15 Union Square West seamlessly blendsclassic with modern, and just may setthe bar for the future of New York City style

Art & Designmodern living

Top: 15 USW’s exterior made from black zinc and glass Middle: A bedroom featuringfloor-to-ceiling windows and Poetique de la Desaparition by Ixone Sadaba (left) andliving room designed by ODA and Moroso featuring Bag by Hendrik Kerstens andFruitbasket by Madeleine Berkhemer (right) Below: A spacious home office featuringRose and Money by Kenzo Minami

Developed by Brack Capital Real Estate, 15 Union Square West occupies the

original Tiffany & Co. headquarters in the heart of Union Square. This structure’s

stunning architecture, including a totally revamped and distinctive façade

with clean interiors, makes it a work of art in its own right.

The building’s original exterior inspired an 1869 New York Times article to refer to it

as “The Palace of Jewels.” Since then, it has undergone a creative metamorphosis led

by Eran Chen of ODA. The design team chose to keep the original cast iron elements,

and replaced the brick with black zinc and glass. Today, the building has once again

recaptured its status as a New York landmark of renowned distinction.

15 USW boasts soaring ceiling heights and natural light, which contributes to the

polished aesthetic and brings interest to the skyline and luxury to the neighborhood. With

interiors designed by Vicente Wolf and a model residence furnished by Moroso with

artwork from Witzenhausen Gallery, 15 USW’s beauty is reflected both inside and out.

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Frank Woolworth, founder of the F.W. Woolworth

Company, commissioned famed architect C.P.H.

Gilbert to design The Woolworth Mansion off Fifth

Avenue for his daughter Helena (Mrs. Charles)

McCann. Flanked by two 25-foot-wide buildings, also

designed by Gilbert, the home at 4 E. 80th Street is an

astounding 35-feet wide.

Completed in 1916, this neo-French Renaissance

mansion with an imposing limestone façade features a

central foyer opening to a grand entry hall. With a massive

fireplace, the enormous entry includes three closets, an ele-

gant powder room and access to a kitchen in the rear, as

well as the wide landing of the grand master staircase.

The parlor floor begins with a front drawing room

spanning 35 feet with a huge fireplace and 3 floor-to-ceiling

windows. Ceilings soar more than 14 feet, and the center

landing includes a large sitting room that connects the front

drawing room to the deep formal dining room. With the

capacity to seat more than 50, the dining room features a

large fireplace and a rear solarium ideal for breakfast.

The adjacent kitchen includes a seating area and access

to the main kitchen below.

The third floor includes a 35-foot-wide, wood-paneled

library, wet bar and powder room. In the rear is a two-

bedroom suite with two large full baths and ample closet

space. The fourth floor master suite encompasses a grand

bedroom, a sitting room and two full baths with dressing

rooms. The fifth floor has two large bedrooms with baths, an

office and a gym.

The first five floors are capped by a brilliant, opaque

leaded-glass skylight positioned above the staircase, which

brings abundant light into the mansion. The sixth floor is an

additional level presently built out for a private office. On the

seventh floor is a two-bedroom staff suite with two full baths

and a separate kitchen. The lowest level includes a suite of

offices and outdoor space. An elevator services all floors.

While the other great mansions that have come on the

market in New York have been shells requiring total renovation,

this is the only formally available mansion that has been fully

renovated in a traditional prewar style. Never before could

one acquire such a magnificent building in this condition—

truly a rare opportunity that may not occur again. �

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Uptown, downtown, park or waterfront—New Yorkers will never agree on thecity’s best view, but five new properties offer enviable options

Picture Perfect

995 FIFTH AVENUE The last remaining residence at 995 Fifth Avenue, originally designed by pre-eminent

New York architect Rosario Candela, is a sprawling 8,360-square-foot full-floor home.

This pristine space of rare scale and elegance, situated in one of Manhattan’s most

coveted locations, features sweeping views of Central Park and the Jacqueline

Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, George Washington

Bridge and New York skyline.

With classic prewar detailing, private elevator entry and numerous custom

refinements including a specialized home automation system and a Smallbone of

Devizes eat-in kitchen, this 16th-floor-residence presents a once-in-a-lifetime

opportunity to own a totally re-envisioned home on a grand scale.

Beth Fisher | 212.570.9950

RICHARD MEIER ON PROSPECT PARK

Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux may be famous for designing

a certain Manhattan park, but Prospect Park devotees will tell you that their

finest work is actually in Brooklyn. Prospect Park is a 585-acre oasis of streams,

meadows and rolling hills. At its gateway is a new 15-story condominium by

world-famous architect Richard Meier. Residences and penthouses also have

sweeping views of Grand Army Plaza, The Brooklyn Museum and the harbor,

bridges and skyline beyond.

Nowmore than 70 percent sold, Richard Meier On Prospect Park is the borough’s

premier address, offering a wealth of 24-hour services and amenities—though

some residents say the best perk is actually outside their windows.

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515 EAST 72ND STREET

Magnificent river and city views, custom-designed finishes

and more than 40,000 square feet of amenities at 515 East 72nd

Street provide buyers an elevated lifestyle. Inspiring homes with

an abundance of natural light from double exposures afford

sweeping East River and cityscape views with far-reaching sight

lines that encompass iconic landmarks such as the Empire State

Building and Chrysler Tower. Whether it’s entertaining guests or

enjoying a quiet moment on the terrace, river and city views are

sure to dazzle and delight.

Exclusive Tower Residences from floors 32 to 40 feature private

outdoor terraces and sun-soaked corner great rooms. Residents

have exclusive access to amenities that include a spa, private

park, pool, fitness center and direct entry to on-site parking.

Norma-Jean Callahan | 212.772.2722

RIVERHOUSE

Situated within Rockefeller Park, Riverhouse is the last for-sale

residential property in Battery Park City located directly on the

Hudson River waterfront. The unique location allows for sweeping

views of the Hudson River, Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, New

York City and the surrounding 32 acres of parkland.

Riverhouse is 90 percent sold and available for immediate

occupancy. Amenities include on-site parking, fitness center with

yoga studio, lap pool, children’s playroom, billiards room and

second-floor landscaped terrace overlooking the latest extension of

Teardrop Park. Poets House (a 45,000-volume poetry library), The New

York Public Library and Le Pain Quotidien complete the retail spaces.

Dan Tubb | 212.587.1200

75 WALL

Soaring 42-stories above lower Manhattan, 75 Wall Street

is the modern-day gateway to New York’s famed financial

district, defining world-class luxury living with an abundance

of hotel amenities and a full-service lifestyle. 75 Wall is

the only freestanding building on Wall Street, and offers

breathtaking 360-degree views of the city’s skyline and rivers.

Residences are enhanced by 10-foot ceilings and large

picture windows. The 42nd floor Rooftop Terrace and Lounge

features a terrace and lounge, as the name suggests, with

breathtaking views, making life at 75 Wall an urban retreat.

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A selection of deluxe residences in New York and beyond

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MODERN IN EAST HAMPTONThe modern architectural design of this dramatic 4-bedroom,

4.5-bath glass tower is highlighted with a grand glass-entry foyer

and a steel-cable stairway to the primary master suite. With

warm, light-infused interiors and fine finishes, this home features

three fireplaces, a media room, gym, mahogany decks and a

community tennis court. A heated pool overlooks the adjacent

reserve. $2.895 million. Please call Patricia Wadzinski at

631.907.8454 for more information on this exclusive.

EXQUISITE CANDLEWOOD LAKEFRONTThis spotless property in Sherman, Conn., combines highly

sophisticated interior appointments and storybook

exterior charm. The home is completely turn-key and offers a

sweeping driveway, terraced gardens and lush lawn,

stonewalls, a new boat dock, a swimming hole, sandy

beach, total privacy and spectacular views of the state’s

largest lake. $1.785 million. Please call Maria Taylor at

860.868.7313.

The Corcoran GroupBrown Harris Stevens

GRACIOUS ENTERTAINING AT 640 PARK

Designed by J.E.R. Carpenter, this stunning home is in one of

New York City’s most sought-after co-ops. The apartment

boasts 17 rooms with 5 wood-burning fireplaces and features

one of the most magnificent master bedrooms in any co-op.

Finished in 1914, the extraordinarily graceful design of the

4-bedroom, 6-bath home allows for an unmatched level of

entertaining with 65 linear feet overlooking Park Avenue.

$24.5 million. Please call Kathy Sloane at 212.906.9258.

IVY LODGE AT HAMPTON PARKDating back to 1830, this beautiful, shingle-style, traditional

residence has been completely renovated and meticulously

restored. The 8-bedroom home has a separate staff/guest wing

and includes features such as a solarium with fireplace, media

room/library, living room with fireplace, custom mahogany bar

and a spectacular master suite with fireplace and private

balcony. At nearly 2.5 acres, the property includes a natural

pond, pool with spa, dining terraces and a detached

3-car carriage house with apartment and screening room.

$6.5 million. Please call Tim Davis at 631.283.7300 ext. 211.

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CLASSIC WESTSIDE TOWNHOUSE: Close to Central Park and Lincoln Center. 19’ wide, 5 story, renovated, 5bedrooms, eat-in kitchen, sunny planted garden, terrace and professional recording studio. $8,450,000. WEB: A0017323

FIFTH AVENUE DUPLEX: Glamorous prewar duplex in mint condition with a sun drenched terrace. Opulent master suite with 2 baths and 2 dressing rooms.Full service building with a gym and storage. $4,250,000. WEB: A0017516

PREWAR PENTHOUSE: 79th Street, Lexington/Third. Outstanding value! ± 3,000sq. ft. duplex with ±1,000 sq. ft. planted and sun-flooded terrace. Wood burning fireplace, 3 bedrooms, full service building. $3,950,000. WEB: A0017375

RIVERSIDE DRIVE MANSION: Historic 26’ wide townhouse with views of Riverside Park and the Hudson River. This gracious home has many original details, ±7,500 squarefeet of living space including 7 bedrooms, formal dining room, living room, den, library, eat-in kitchen and finished basement. Not to be missed! $14,750,000. WEB: A0017528

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T he mid-century icon that is Manhattan House

has been impeccably re-engineered to

combine its heritage with the hallmarks

of contemporary living. Designed in 1950 by Pritzker

Architecture Prize Laureate Gordon Bunshaft, the building

received landmark status in 2007. Bunshaft brought a

Modernist sensibility for light, order and simplicity to

Manhattan House that still resonates nearly 60 years later.

Today, the building is home to one of Manhattan’s

largest private residential gardens. Designed by Sasaki

Associates, the outdoor space features two significant

sculptures, Trinity and Red Gateway, by internationally

acclaimed Dutch-born sculptor and eminent New York

artist Hans Van de Bovenkamp. Inside, residences are

equally as impressive. Renowned interior designers

James Huniford, Celerie Kemble and Rita Konig

contributed to The Modern Collection, a portfolio of

signature-designed homes at Manhattan House.

The elegant entrance on tree-lined 66th Street leads

into a grandly proportioned, glass-enclosed lobby over-

looking the building’s private gardens. The abundance

of natural light carries over into residences, which feature

multiple exposures and private balconies. At Manhattan

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47 WEST 9TH STREET: Impeccable 28’ widebrownstone. Newly renovated to the highest standards. 9,000± sq ft. $28,500,000. WEB:A0017455. Serena Boardman, 212.606.7611

MAGNIFICENT DUPLEX: Park Avenue. Grand,high floor, 14 room Candela co-op. Sun-flooded 5-6 bedrooms, 11’ ceilings, open views. $28,000,000.WEB: A0017522. Anne Corey, 212.606.7733

GEM ON E 78TH ST: 18’9” X 60’ townhousedesigned for privacy and entertainment from themature deep garden to the double height library.WEB: A0016468. Stan Ponte, 212.606.4109

232 E 61ST ST: Beautifully renovated 5 story, 20’ wide townhouse with garden, roof deck, 7 bed-rooms, 6½ baths. Excellent condition. $8,750,000.WEB: A0017411. Eva Mohr, 212.606.7736

MINT PHILLIPE STARCK CONDO: High floor,sun flooded 2 bedroom, 2 bath corner condo withspectacular water and city views. $2,250,000. WEB: A0017494. Robson Zanetti, 212.606.7658

400 EAST 56TH STREET: Rarely available N line.Spacious 3 bedroom co-op with excellent sight lines and balcony $1,450,000. WEB: A0017275.Pauline Evans Team, 212.400.8740

PREWAR CONDO OFF MADISON AVE:Prestigious 4 room prewar condo with newly renovated kitchen. $1,225,000. WEB: A0017498. L. Waldron, 212.606.7775, K. Jackson, 212.606.7652

1 EAST 94TH STREET: Beautifully renovated andgrandly scaled 25’ limestone mansion with garage.Flooded with sunlight from 4 exposures. $26,000,000.WEB: A0017040. Serena Boardman, 212.606.7611

236 EAST 47TH STREET: Rare opportunity tocombine 2 adjacent penthouses in the worldrenowned Club at Turtle Bay. $5,495,000. WEB: A0017510. Kevin B. Brown, 212.606.7748

7 EAST 80TH STREET: Impressive 22' wide town-house located just off Fifth Avenue. Offered in triplemint condition. 10,000± sq ft. $24,000,000. WEB:A0017518. Serena Boardman, 212.606.7611

PARK AVENUE BEAUTY: Sunfilled 8 room, 3 bed-room home on high flood with gracious layout.Excellent building. $4,200,000. WEB: A0016050. Sheila Ellis, 212.606.7691

9-ROOM ON PARK AVENUE: 3,350± sq ft, 4 bed-rooms, 4 baths prewar co-op with high ceilings andexcellent light throughout. $5,200,000. WEB:A0017520. Kathy Hoffman, 212.606.7791

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Rarely Available Candela 12 Rooms in Carnegie Hill. Park Avenue. Perfect original details, wood-burning fireplaces in the corner living room and library, open city views and wonderful southern light. Private bedroom wing with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. Oversized kitchen and 3 maid's rooms. $7.5M. Web #1222080. A.Lambert 452-4408

Luxurious Skytop Full Floor Condo. East 65th. Glamorous 4000 square foot 8 room apt with floor-to-ceiling windows, sweeping views, 4 terraces, 3 entertaining rooms, service + chef’s eat-in kitchen, grand MBR suite with spa-bth & sauna + 3BRs with bth & 2 powder rooms. Full service building, gym + pool. $10M. Web #1194949. B.Evans-Butler 452-4391

Spacious Sky-top Full Floor Condo. Casual, elegant & sunny 8 on the 19th floor of a prestigious full service boutique condo. Open living room to dining room, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths plus study/fourth bedroom. Chef's eat-in kitchen & tremendous double-size MBR suite with spa-bath. Custom built-ins throughout. $3.7M. Web #1221880. V.Artzt 212-585-4525

45 East 72nd. Between Park & Madison, this sprawling 7 room home offers perfect Upper East Side location & glorious southern light. Public space features gracious foyer, large living room, generous formal dining room, windowed eat-in kitchen. 3 MBRs each with ensuite bths & maid’s/study with full bath. $2.825M. Web #1180938. Inez Wade 452-4439

New Eight Room at 1160 Park Avenue. East and south facing corner apartment with pretty treetop views and a gracious and flexible layout. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and 2 maid’s rms. Wood-burning fireplace. Beautiful prewar details. Just a bit of updating to be perfect. $3.7M. Web #1221461. Alexa Lambert 212-452-4408/Marc Achilles 452-4396

Floor-to-Ceiling Windows & Central Park Views. Spacious Fifth Avenue apartment with 3BRs, 4 baths & stylish den. 42 foot living room/dining room combination has direct Central Park views with a wall of windows. Beautifully remodeled with charm & convenience. $4.725M. Web #1185718. K.Henckels 212-452-4402/J.Callahan 646-613-2681

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