After intermission Ms. Alexander read excerpts from Benvenuto Cellini's autobiography, said to be one of Frick's favorite books.
Another hallmark of Frick's tenure as National League president occurred in 1947 when Jackie Robinson made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers and broke major league baseball's colour barrier.
"Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: ReinvenTraditionision" is a model of Frick-like reserve, which may be something of a blessing where Picasso is concerned.
Her father is the managing partner of Frick, Wellington & Laverge, a company in New York that helps businesses establish and manage new ventures.
The combination of Frick-period rooms and unimpeded gallery space that exists today was not stipulated in Frick's bequest, which required only that works acquired during his lifetime not be lent to other museums.
Knoedler's had an even bigger in with Frick than it had with Mellon; Charles Carstairs, one of the heads of Knoedler's and a man of great charm, was an intimate friend of Frick's.
In addition to paintings we know, it gives us a handful of Frick prints we seldom see, and — the big attraction — a gallery of Rembrandt drawings brought from Europe.
Instead, you'll find a scattering of Frick-like grand mansions where the 19th-century furnishings have been lovingly preserved, so that an opulent lifestyle is on display alongside the art.
Beginning Tuesday the treasures that provided the impetus will go on display in the newly opened portico — fulfilling a wish of Frick's, never realized during his lifetime, to create a gallery devoted to sculpture and ceramics.
Commissioner Ford Frick proposed created a second record for 162-game seasons; a misunderstanding of Frick's proposal led to the creation of a myth that there is an asterisk attached to Maris's place in the record books.
Page B12 Weekend THREE DECADES OF DRAWINGS FROM PICASSO AT THE FRICK The Frick Collection exhibition, "Picasso's Drawings, 1890-1921: ReinvenTraditionision," is a model of Frick-like reserve, which may be something of a blessing where Picasso is concerned, writes Roberta Smith.
