We got another dusting of snow last night. Cold and gray remain the prevailing inputs for my Old Town palette so I went seeking some color and whimsy a while ago. And there’s no better source for it than my sartorial idol Richard Merkin. Carrie Haddad has the remaining Merkin works for sale in her gallery. Here are some of my favorites.
Henry Miller in Paris
Max’s Kansas City
Carson McCullers
Langston Hughes
Doc Cheatham
Dorothy Parker
Thelonious at the Five Spot
DW Griffith
The Press Box-Tad and Herriman
Taormina or Saltimbanque
Tchaikovsky and Ellington
Stanley Crouch
Orson Welles
The Lover of the Long Shot-Salinger
AJ Liebling
Elwood “Bingo” DeMoss
Townes VanZandt
The Port of Last Resort
ADG II
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