Sunday, October 16, 2011

Salmagundi Club

The Club is having its Fall Auction and my neighbor Carole Teller has the above painting "The High Line" in the auction.  A salmagundi is a salad of chopped meat, anchovies, eggs, and onions on lettuce with oil and vinegar.  Whereas the Salmagundi Club is an artists' club on Fifth Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets.  It was founded in 1871 and is located in one of the finest 'double-wide' brownstones in the city.  There are 850 members, comprising artists and patrons.  Some of their famous members have been Thomas Moran, William Merritt Chase, Louis Comfort Tiffany, N. C. Wyeth, and Childe Hassam. 
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