September 26, 2010

Nine Over 90

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Portraits of a near century of influence.

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Carmen Herrera

95, Painter

The Cuban-born Herrera studied in Paris in the thirties but didn’t sell any of her paintings until she turned 89. Her work is now in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Tate Modern.

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All Photographs by Jake Chessum. Grooming by Stephanie Flor/Artists by Timothy Priano (Avakian, Carter, Gruber, Herrera, Morgenthau). Grooming by Michelle Coursey/Artists by Timothy Priano (Carey, Kaplan, Murray, Rooney)

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