Gray Foy: the name may not be familiar today, but Foy was a gifted midcentury artist, tastemaker, and beloved fixture of New York cultural life. Six years after his death at 90, and over 40 years since he stopped creating art, Gray Foy (1922–2012) is the subject of a landmark exhibition and publication. These bring to light his prodigious talent as an artist and draftsman, one whose works may be found in major American museum collections including the Art Institute of Chicago; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among others, and in numerous private collections. From the 1950s to the mid-1970s, Foy’s drawings were featured in gallery and museum exhibitions and his illustrations appeared in magazines and on book jackets and classical record album covers. This fall, Foy’s work is presented in Gray Foy: Drawings 1941–1975, a lavish book published on September 1, 2018, b
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