For the record, and for the few who will see it posted here, a few minor corrections:

The Dorothy Parker referred to the article was not the literary DP, but a well-to-do and very erudite resident of Dallas, Texas. I met her in 1976 just after the earthquake. A few months later she, Joya Hairs, Basis Hempstead and I organized a couple of shows and sales of textiles to benefit communities in the Highlands devastated by the ‘quake. One was at Nieman-Marcus (Dorothy was a close friend of Stanley Marcus) the other here in Santa Fe, at the opera house, where I knew the empresario John Crosby, now deceased.

There were two editions of the Zadik lithos, one ca. 1954 the other in 1974. The early edition is the better of the two – better color on better paper. That edition is in plain folios. The later edition is in decorated folios showing thumbnails of the images on a brown background. The early prints are rarely seen, the later fairly often on eBay.

I think it important to mention Larry Stuart. He was a herpetologist from Ann Arbor who worked in the Peten and had a house in Panajachel. He and his wife were close friends and neighbors of Pat. When Pat was dying in 1972 and had no money for doctor bills he sold the collection referred to in the article to Larry for $10,000. In 1979 I paid him a visit and over a gin and tonic I asked after the paintings. He went to a closet and pulled out an old toilet seat box; within were all thirty-three paintings along with Pat’s ethnographic notes and written details in the form of transparent overlays for each image. On thing led to another and I walked out Larry’s house with the collection which he very generously sold for the amount, without interest, that he had paid for them. The next evening his daughter, Sandy, dropped by the Shook’s gatehouse where I was staying and delivered a large package that contained hundreds of Pat’s sketches and “cartoons,” or studies, of traje. All are now conserved and remain as a collection.

One should not forget John Armstrong. He was the owner of a finca that grew tea, not coffee (see http://crockerltd.net/adobe_trudyblom.htm). John was executor of Pat’s estate and on Pat’s instructions burned most of his correspondence with Gore Vidal, Anais Nin, Noel Coward, etc. A few letters remain, along with The City and the Pillar edition inscribed to Pat from Gore and the last sheet of Gore’s typescript with Pat’s penciled edits. Those I also have conserved.

Here is a thought on Casa del Carmen: http://crockerltd.net/adobe_gore_vidal.htm

I welcome comments and remembrances. Feel free to email me directly at crockerltd@reagan.com or eec@crockerltd.net

Regards,

Ed Crocker
Santa Fe

For the record, and for the few who will see it posted here, a few minor corrections:

The Dorothy Parker referred to the article was not the literary DP, but a well-to-do and very erudite resident of Dallas, Texas. I met her in 1976 just after the earthquake. A few months later she, Joya Hairs, Basis Hempstead and I organized a couple of shows and sales of textiles to benefit communities in the Highlands devastated by the ‘quake. One was at Nieman-Marcus (Dorothy was a close friend of Stanley Marcus) the other here in Santa Fe, at the opera house, where I knew the empresario John Crosby, now deceased.

There were two editions of the Zadik lithos, one ca. 1954 the other in 1974. The early edition is the better of the two – better color on better paper. That edition is in plain folios. The later edition is in decorated folios showing thumbnails of the images on a brown background. The early prints are rarely seen, the later fairly often on eBay.

I think it important to mention Larry Stuart. He was a herpetologist from Ann Arbor who worked in the Peten and had a house in Panajachel. He and his wife were close friends and neighbors of Pat. When Pat was dying in 1972 and had no money for doctor bills he sold the collection referred to in the article to Larry for $10,000. In 1979 I paid him a visit and over a gin and tonic I asked after the paintings. He went to a closet and pulled out an old toilet seat box; within were all thirty-three paintings along with Pat’s ethnographic notes and written details in the form of transparent overlays for each image. On thing led to another and I walked out Larry’s house with the collection which he very generously sold for the amount, without interest, that he had paid for them. The next evening his daughter, Sandy, dropped by the Shook’s gatehouse where I was staying and delivered a large package that contained hundreds of Pat’s sketches and “cartoons,” or studies, of traje. All are now conserved and remain as a collection.

One should not forget John Armstrong. He was the owner of a finca that grew tea, not coffee (see http://crockerltd.net/adobe_trudyblom.htm). John was executor of Pat’s estate and on Pat’s instructions burned most of his correspondence with Gore Vidal, Anais Nin, Noel Coward, etc. A few letters remain, along with The City and the Pillar edition inscribed to Pat from Gore and the last sheet of Gore’s typescript with Pat’s penciled edits. Those I also have conserved.

Here is a thought on Casa del Carmen: http://crockerltd.net/adobe_gore_vidal.htm

I welcome comments and remembrances. Feel free to email me directly at crockerltd@reagan.com or eec@crockerltd.net

Regards,

Ed Crocker
Santa Fe

For the record, and for the few who will see it posted here, a few minor corrections:

The Dorothy Parker referred to the article was not the literary DP, but a well-to-do and very erudite resident of Dallas, Texas. I met her in 1976 just after the earthquake. A few months subsequent she, Joya Hairs, Basis Hempstead and I organized a couple of shows and sales of textiles to benefit communities in the Highlands devastated by the event. One was a Nieman-Marcus (Dorothy was a close friend of Stanley Marcus) the other here in Santa Fe, at the opera house, where was a good friend of John Crosby, now deceased.

There were

Trajes de Guatemala, Tomo 1 y Tomo 2. They have a hand made signature and date made by hand and the date says Feb 1 1955. I got them and at garage sale but the truth is that I got them just because the picture frames. When I was taking the pictures off my mom told me they were beautiful and that she was very certain they were very valuable…I only got three out of the frames and I even ripped one, not so much, just a tiny corner while taking it off the frame. So, What should I do. I was thinking maybe auction them on Ebay… Any ideas?
I don’t even know how much are they worth.