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This page: Views from Wally Findlay’s “Famous Faces.” Top row: Cordelia Biddle Robertson; Nancy and Bill Rollnick; Rita Stein; Sally and Bill Soter; Bill and Jane Told; Dennis and Annabel Coleman; Second Row: Kit and Bill Pannill; Jean Tailer; Ambassador Francis Kellogg; Martin and Audrey Gruss; Sue Whitmore; Wilbur and Hilary Geary Ross; Third Row: Curtis and Puddin DeWitt; Ali and Bill Hanley; Mollie Wilmot; Morty and Rose Sachs; Eugenia Sheppard and Earl Blackwell; Frances Scaife and Tom McCarter; Co-curator Barbara Harbach with her husband, Billy. Opposite: a view of the gallery during the exhibition with a 1960s photography of Wally Findlay with Mary Sanford and Rose Kennedy in the center.
with these same names—only now their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren,” says Borynack. More than three hundred Palm Beachers were in attendance on opening night at the gallery, coming face to face with photos of themselves and family and friends throughout history. When viewed as a collection, each individual photograph becomes a part of the unique and enduring narrative of Findlay Galleries, Palm Beach, and history of art collecting in this resort community. Each of the photos was taken at Wally Findlay Galleries in Palm Beach over the last fifty years, beginning with a 1962 photograph of Wally Findlay flanked by Mary Sanford and
Rose Kennedy from Findlay’s own private archive. The collection also jumps into the future, with a photograph of Stephanie Borynack Clark, Wally Findlay’s New York gallery director, with her dog Lucy (who happened to be featured in Quest’s Palm Beach issue last year). Today, Palm Beach continues its celebration of its inhabitants, history, and future. u For more information about Wally Findlay Galleries, please call 561.655.2090 or visit wallyfindlay.com. For more information about the Palm Beach Centennial, please visit palmbeachcentennial.com. F E B R U ARY 2 0 1 1 8 9