Dinner in The West Gallery; Photo: Christine A. Butler
Louise Grunwald, Ahmet Ertegun, Mica Ertegun and friend; Photo: Christine A. Butler
David Fredston-Hermann and Rochelle Gores; Photo: Christine A. Butler
Eugene V. Thaw and Anne L. Poulet; Photo: Christine A. Butler
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On Monday, October 16, 2006 , The Frick Collection hosted its annual Autumn Dinner.
This year's dinner honored the Eugene V. Thaw, dealer, collector, scholar, patron of the arts, and philanthropist.
The Frick Collection has long been indebted to Gene Thaw for both his generosity and advice. In 1994 he donated Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s ravishing sketch of The Arch of Constantine and the Forum, Rome, painted in 1843; two years later the Collection received Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s terracotta Head of an Angel from the 1650s; in 1997 he presented the Collection with Severo da Ravenna’s bronze Sea-Monster of around 1604 in honor of Charles Ryskamp and in memory of Ruth Blumka. Gene Thaw’s most recent benefaction is the promised gift of Houdon’s magnificent marble of Madame His, a tour de force of incisive portraiture and virtuoso carving, created in 1775 at the height of the sculptor’s career.
Nearly 300 attended, and over $800,000 was raised in support of The Frick Collection.
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