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| Standing: Bernardo Loitegui, Agustina Blaquier de Loitegui, Pedro Silvestri, Carolina Eiras de Blaquier, Santiago Blaquier, Charlie Blaquier, Alejandro Blaquier, Ignacio Blaquier, Mimi Blaquier, Juan Pereyra Iraola, and Sonia Blaquier. Seated: Maria Taquini de Blaquier, Maria Mazzini de Blaquier, Honoree Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier, and Frick Director Anne L. Poulet |
The Autumn Dinner, held last week at the Frick Collection, had two hundred and fifty guests. A sell-out. Proceeds from the dinner (they raised $950,000 this year) go to support a full range of programs of the Frick including educational and curatorial initiatives and the Frick Art Reference Library.
Cocktails were held in the Garden Court. The galleries were also open for viewing. Dinner was served in three rooms with banquet tables running the length of the mansion’s enormous West Gallery. This room was lit by candle and by the brand new lighting system which was underwritten by Trustee Stephen Schwarzman. This was the first upgrade in the museum’s lighting system in 75 years. |
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| Standing: Benefit Chairman Juan A. Sabater, Santiago Blaquier, Charlie Blaquier, Ignacio Blaquier, Alejandro Blaquier, Mimi Blaquier, Benefit Chairman Edward Lee Cave. Seated: Benefit Chairman Marianna Sabater, Honoree Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier, and Frick Director Anne L. Poulet |
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| Charlie Blaquier, Agustina Blaquier de Loitegui, Maria Taquini de Blaquier, Adela Casal, and Maria Bonta de la Pezuela |
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| Theo Prudon, Jocelyn Carpenter, Vasco Tatchev, Shashi Caan, Dan Regan, Ani Tatcheva, Board member Aso O. Tavitian, and Isabella Meisinger |
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| Alissa and Jonathan Shulkin, Benefit Chairmen Marianna and Juan A. Sabater, and Antonio and Sabrina Gracias |
They honored Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier, a philanthropist and collector of European and South American fine and decorative arts. She is currently the Cultural Ambassador of Buenos Aires. She is also on the International Council of MoMA and a member of its Chairman’s Council. In France is a member of the International Committee of the Union Centrale des Arts Decoratifs, Musee du Louvre.
Anne L. Poulet, the Director of the Frick Collection introduced the honorée by describing her in terms of her ability to inspire people and her transformative role in the art world and beyond, as well as her achievements as an active member of leading art and cultural institutions in Argentina, Europe, and the United States.
She also spoke about Señora de Blaquier’s support of schools for arts appreciation, her patronage at the University of San Andrés, and the scholarships for which she is responsible. Furthermore, guests were enlightened as to Nelly’s contributions to the fields of science and medical research, including the Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier Research Laboratory of Blood Cancers. |
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| The long, and recently relit West Gallery |
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| Guests enjoy dining in the just fully relit West Gallery at the 2010 Frick Autumn Dinner |
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| The Oval Room |
Director Poulet was then joined by Frick Board Chairman Margot Bogert in presenting the honoree with an engraved commemorative silver Regency tray generously provided by Tiffany & Co. Dessert and coffee followed, and in a relaxed manner, guests then wandered back through the remarkable galleries of The Frick Collection.
Glorious Foods catered the menu: Cold Smoked Trout and Salmon Mousse with Horseradish Dill Sauce and Cucumbers, Roasted Breast of Pheasant with Apple Sage Stuffing, Lingonberry Sauce, Sauteed Haricots Verts and Morels, and a Potato Tart with Truffles. Dessert was Poached Pears and Pear Sorbet with Hot Chocolate Sauce and Ginger Snap Cookies and coffee.
The wines were donated to the reception by Bodega Luigi Bosca (Argentina): Luigi Bosca Extra Brut, Finca La Linda Viognier, 2009. And for the dinner: Luigi Bosca Reserva Riesling 200i7, and Luigi Bosca Chardonnay 2008. |
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| John S. Spofford, Jeremiah Bogert, Lynne Foster, and Melie Spofford |
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| Peter Reed, Board member Agnes Gund, John Hall, Emily Braun, and John Waddell |
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| Benefit Chairman (and Board member) Juan A. Sabater, Frick Director Anne L. Poulet, Honoree Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier, and Benefit Chairmen Marianna Sabater, and Edward Lee Cave |
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| Seymour R. Askin, Vera Eberstadt, Walter A. Eberstadt, and Elisabeth de Picciotto |
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| Marianna Sabater and Edward Lee Cave |
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| Lynne Rutkin, Aso O. Tavitian, and Isabella Meisinger |
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| Minturn Chace, June Dyson, David T. Owsley, and Helen Clay Chace |
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| Penelope Hunter-Steibel, Gerald G. Steibel, Jill Newhouse, and Thomas Denzler |
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| Franklin W. (Fritz) and Linda B. Hobbs |
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| Sylvester and Gillian Miniter |
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| William Bernard and Catherine Cahill |
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| Dr. Lucy R. Waletzky, Jim Hamilton, and Howard Phipps |
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| Bridget Restivo, and Timothy and Karin Greenfield-Sanders |
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| Stanley D. and Elizabeth Scott |
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| Jean-Marie Eveillard and Elizabeth Eveillard |
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| John J. and Barbara Burns with Walter A. Eberstadt |
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| Juan A. Sabater, Anh Wilson, Patrick Quilty, and Marianna Sabater |
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| George Eberstadt and Cynthia Young |
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| Donna and Benjamin Rosen |
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| Edward Lee Cave, Elizabeth M. Stafford, and Count Nicholas Wenckheim |
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| Pat Braga, Mary Phipps, and David J. Braga |
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| Margot Bogert, Robert L. Froelich, and Emily T. Frick |
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| Elise D. Frick,Martha Loring, and Helen Clay Chace |
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| Eccetra (Cetie) and Anthony Ames |
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| Anthony Ames, Carole P. Bailey, and John French |
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| Mary Sharp Cronson and Alberto Paciucci |
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| Bart Friedman and Wendy Stein |
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| Thierry Millerand and Rosamond Bernier |
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| Klara and Larry Silverstein |
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| Barbara G. Fleischman, Colin B. Bailey, and Martha Fleischman |
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| Cristina and David Kristal |
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| Ezra Zilkha and Muffie Fitzgerald |
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| José Maria and Ana Sanz-Magallón with Juan A. Sabater |
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| François Poulet, Konrad K. Keesee, and Irene R. Aitken |
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| Roberta Sandeman, Julie Tobey, and Christian K. Keesee |
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| Christopher Fletcher, Janina Longtine, and Duane Hampton |
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| Martha Loring, Helen Clay Chace, and Nathalie Kaplan |
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| Kirk Henckels, Fernanda M. Kellogg, and Edward Lee Cave |
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| Juan A. Sabater and Sonia Blaquier |
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| Michael Sheets and Joyce Menschel |
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| Henry Arnhold and Elisabeth de Picciotto |
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| François Poulet and Brit Tidelius |
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| Joan Lonergan and John Merrow |
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| Jeremiah Bogert and Lynne Foster |
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| Margot Bogert and Susan Grace Galassi |
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| Elizabeth Strong-Cuevas and Joanne d. Foster |
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| Lucien and Caroline Guthrie |
This past Thursday evening, October 21st, The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center hosted its 22nd Annual Preview Party for The International Fine Art and Antique Dealers Show at the Park Avenue Armory. The show featured many of the world’s most influential art and antique dealers in the U.S. and Europe.
The event Co-Chairs were Melinda Blinken, Libby Fitzgerald, Lisa McCarthy, Daisy Soros, and Michel Cox Witmer.
The Associate Collector Chairs were Kate Allen, Claudia Overstrom, and Elizabeth Pyne. The Connoisseur Chairman were Jamie Niven, Donna Rosen, and Kitty Sherrill. |
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Co-Chairs Libby Fitzgerald, Lisa McCarthy, Michel Cox Witmer, Daisy Soros, Melinda Blinken, and Heather Leeds |
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Axel Vervoordt |
Over 1,000 guests and leaders from the art, design and fashion worlds mingled amongst the sensational art and antiques, raising over $660,000 to benefit The Society’s patient care, research, and education initiatives at MSKCC.
The evening was sponsored by Giorgio Armani, with additional support from ELLE DECOR and 1stdibs.com and in kind donations from Bacardi USA, BearBoat Sonoma County Wine by Rémy Cointreau USA, Inc., Spring Mountain Vineyard and VOSS Artesian Water. |
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| Guests Included: Calvin Klein, Marc Jacobs, Sir Patrick Stewart, Tory Burch, Peter Marino, Michael Boodro, Jamie Tisch, Betty Sherrill, Tom and Heather Leeds, Terry and Libby Fitzgerald, Brian and Lisa McCarthy, Chris and Grace Meigher, Shoshanna Gruss, Gunnar and Claudia Overstrom, Peter and Jamee Gregory, Eleanora Kennedy, Karen LeFrak, Liliana Cavendish, Julie and Alan Behr, Brian and Anna Haughton, Amy Fine Collins, Guy Regal, Tim and Helen Schifter, Barbara de Portago, Wilbur & Hilary Ross, Bruno Laguardia, Alessandro Valenti, Betsey Ruprecht, Ellen Scarborough, Carol Mack, Alexandra Kotur, Baraba and Peter Georgescu, Barbara and Donald Tober, CeCe and Lee Black, Brian Stewart, Stephanie Krieger, Melissa and Chappy Morris, Somers Farkas, Derek and Nicole Limbocker, Mark Gilbertson, Cynthia and Dan Lufkin, Lisa Selby, Alexandra Lind Rose, Peter and Leslie Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Gianluigi Vittadini, Bunny Williams, Nancy Corzine, Ernie de la Torre, Joanne de Guardiola, Hermes Mallea and Carey Maloney, Alex Papachristidis, Campion Platt, Liz Gardiner, Martha Glass and Beth Rudin deWoody. |
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Connoisseur Chairmen Jamie Niven, Kitty Sherrill, and Donna Rosen |
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Cece Black, Lee Black, and Mica Sterling |
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Calvin Klein |
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Mary and Ian Snow |
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Sir Patrick Stewart |
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Heather Leeds and Michael Boodro |
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Derek Limbocker, Peter Jones, Leslie Jones, and Nicole Limbocker |
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Alexandra Kotur |
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Marc Jacobs |
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Jamie Tisch |
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Barbara Tober |
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Betty Sherrill and Alyne Massey |
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Terry and Libby Fitzgerald |
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Helen Schifter and Alexandra Lind Rose |
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Jamee Gregory |
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Somers Farkas |
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Amy Fine Collins |
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Karen LeFrak |
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Wilbur Ross and Hilary Geary Ross |
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Associate Collector Chairmen Elizabeth Pyne, Kate Allen, and Claudia Overstrom |
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Melissa and Chappy Morris |
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Lisa Selby |
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Rod Keenan and Cator Sparks |
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Tory Burch |
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Giuseppe Marsocci, Heather Leeds, Alessandro Valenti, and Bruno Laguardia |
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Jerry Lauren and Bob Adler |
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Dr. Annette Rickel |
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Marc Jacobs and Peter Marino |
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Joanne de Guardiola |
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On Monday, October 18 at Symphony Space, Dance/NYC presented its first New York Dance and Performance Awards (the Bessie Awards). The sold-out evening included a VIP cocktail reception and a free awards ceremony recognizing six dance productions from the 08-09 season, six productions from the 09-10 season and performers from a mix of the past two seasons.
“This is an important moment for dance service to take the stage,” said Lane Harwell, who was named Director of Dance/NYC in September. “The mission of Dance/NYC, to strengthen professional dance, is achieved tonight through a celebration of dance and its contributions to the city and its creative life. Tonight we are a community over 700 strong—dance artists, managers, policymakers and audiences—uniting as advocates for culture. Our challenge and opportunity are to unite in advocacy every day.”
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Isaac Mizrahi and Lucy Sexton |
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Tina Ramirez |
The Bessie Steering Committee, responsible for setting policy and shepherding the awards, included Judy Hussie-Taylor, Carla Peterson, Mikki Sheperd, Andrea Sholler, Elizabeth Streb, Martin Wechsler and Reggie Wilson.
The event was hosted by Isaac Mizrahi and awards were presented by leaders and legends in dance: HT Chen, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Virginia Johnson, Yvonne Rainer, Tina Ramirez, Gus Solomons Jr., Jock Soto, Elizabeth Streb and Jennifer Tipton.
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Virginia Johnson |
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Heather Olson |
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Aki Sasmoto, Arturo Vidich, Yvonne Meier, Yvonne Rainer, and HT Chen |
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David Leventhal |
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Jennifer Tipton |
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Elizabeth Streb |
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Production awards went to 837 Venice Boulevard, Faye Driscoll; Be in the Gray With Me, Pam Tanowitz; Crotch (all the Joseph Beuys references in the world cannot heal the pain, confusion, regret, cruelty, betrayal or trauma ...), Keith Hennessy; Dark Horse/Black Forest, Yanira Castro; Pent-Up: A Revenge Dance, Okwui Okpokwasilli; Stolen, Yvonne Meier; Comme Toujours, Here I Stand, Annie-B Parson; Grupo de Rua, Bruno Beltrao; Last Meadow, Miguel Gutierrez; parades & changes, replays, Anne Collod, Anna Halprin, Morton Subotnick; Puro Deseo, Luciana Achugar; The Radio Show, Kyle Abraham. Performer awards went to Michelle Boule, David Leventhal, Heather Olson, Miki Orihara, Gus Solomons Jr., Carmen deLavallade, Dudley Williams, Valda Setterfield, Michael Blake, Hope Clark, Keith Sabado, Kayvon Pourazar, Latysha Antonio, Sofia Britos, Non Griffiths and Allegra Herman.
The evening was made possible by major support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and individual donors. Sponsors included Nel Shelby Productions, SKY/NOVA, D’Agostino, Touton and Two Boots Pizza. |
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Ken Maldonado and Kate Weare |
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Lane Harwell and Lucy Sexton |
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Lucy Sexton and Danil Simkin |
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Gus Solomons Jr. and Philip Treviño |
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Marc Kirschner and Susanna Bozzetti |
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Andrea Sholler, Julia Kelly, Norton Owen, and Ximena Garnica |
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Phyllis Lamhut and Miriam (Mikki) Wesson |
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Peter Kyle and Roland Gebhardt |
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Lucy Sexton, Lane Harwell, Linda Shelton, and Anh-Tuyet Nguyen |
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Reggie Wilson and Barbara Bryan |
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Nel Shelby and Reggie Wilson |
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| Photographs by Christopher Duggan/Nel Shelby Productions (Bessie) |
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