Positive I.D.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)

To the Editor:

It was amazing to receive my new issue of Artforum and find on page 149 a photo of Stanley Goodman by Stephen Shore [Portfolio, May 2003]. It was more amazing that Mr. Goodman's name was not even mentioned. Stanley Goodman was a modern-day Medici. He was chairman of the May Company in Saint Louis, president of the Saint Louis Symphony Society, the player of a Guarnius violin, and a recipient of the French Legion of Honor (visible in the photo) for all the work he did in promoting French fashion in the United States. I was fortunate to work for him as merchandise ...

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