EPSTEIN/POWELL 22 Wooster St., New York, N.Y. 10013 By Appointment(212)226-7316 Jesse Aaron Rifka Angel David Butler William Dawson Charlie Dieter Mr. Eddy Antonio Esteves Howard Finster Victor Joseph Gatto(Estate) S.L.Jones Lawrence Lebduska Justin McCarthy Emma Lee Moss Inez Nathaniel Joe Polinski Old Ironsides Pry Nellie Mae Rowe Jack Savitsky Clarence Stringfield Mose Tolliver Floretta Warfel George Williams Luster Willis and others
Paramount Breaker Eckley,Pennsylvania Molly Maguires
Justin McCarthy (Oil on Board,24" x 24"),1968
Photo: Courtesy Laura Fisher Antique Quilts and Americana Gallery
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A rare, visually and historically intriguing quilt has returned to its hometown of Lynn, MA, after a century's absence. Author Jennifer Regan first saw this 1889 documentary quilt at the Laura Fisher Antique Quilts & Americana Gallery in New York City and was fascinated by the historic information on the quilt's surface. The bold red and white quilt is inscribed in sepia ink, in a fine antique hand, with historic documentation of the founding and philanthropic activities of the Lynn-based "Boston Street Aid Society': Regan immediately contacted Kenneth Turino, Director of the Lynn Historical Society, about this significant finding. Soon
Willie Massey, a self-taught artist known mostly for his polychrome bird houses with wingless birds, died in a Nashville hospital January 13, 1990 of pneumonia complications following burns he sustained in a December fire at his home in Smiths Grove, KY. All the art work in his home was also
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Detailfrom 1889"Boston Street Aid Society" quilt,
after, he put in motion the fundraising plan that completed this historical purchase. Happily, the efforts of this philanthropic group of "dedicated Christian ladies" have come to life again, and the quilt is reunited with the town of its origin. It will be on display early next year.
burned in the fire. Born in 1910, in Brown, KY, near Bowling Green, Massey began to build sculpture and paint after his wife died in 1955. Work by Massey was recently exhibited at the American Primitive Gallery in New York City. — Lee Kogan
1$ettatoitse lituselos haste% hew Eteattioe toiiiectoo. The Shelburne Museum of Vermont has announced the selection of David F. Sheldon to serve in the newly-created position of Executive Director beginning
July 1, 1990. Sheldon will lead the Museum in expanding its funding base and further developing the Museum's national membership. The Clarion