WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT ISAACSON AND JAMES DRAPER May 20th through July 18th, 2014 Exhibition organized by Robert Kashey, David Wojciechowski Catalog by Elizabeth Frasco and Elisabeth Kashey SHEPHERD W & K GALLERIES 58 East 79 th Street New York, N. Y. 10075 Tel: 1 212 861 4050 Fax: 1 212 772 1314
[email protected] www.shepherdgallery.com © Copyright: Robert J. F. Kashey We are pleased to present these works from the collection of Robert for Shepherd Gallery, Associates, 2014 Isaacson and James Draper. Robert Isaacson, whose interest and taste was influential on more than a generation of art historians and dealers, including the Shepherd Gallery, and James Draper, whose expertise goes beyond his major contribution in the field of sculpture, collected the whole range of 19th century academic art, from Neoclassicism to Romanticism, to the Pre –Raphaelites and modern works. Robert Isaacson directed the Hewitt Gallery in the 1950s, then his own gallery, before moving on to Durlacher Bros. until around 1970. As author and dealer, he was an early champion of the works of Simeon Solomon. For thirty years, up until his death in 1998, Robert Isaacson and James Draper collected together. Their person - al, investigative tastes were exceptional and are reflected in these selected works. RK / DW COVER ILLUSTRATION: Simeon Solomon, Figure with Head Scarf, cat. no. 51 BACK COVER PHOTO: Terry Stephenson, Robert Isaacson and James Draper, NYC, circa 1981 GRAPHIC DESIGN: Keith Stout PHOTOGAPHY: Hisao Oka TECHNICAL NOTES: All measurements are in inches and centimeters; height precedes width. Prices on request. All works subject to prior sale.