by Leo Lerman
51. Hope Hampton (1897?–1982) had been a leading lady in the silents, before becoming a socialite and New York opening-night fixture.
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
FIRST INSERT
Courtesy of Nancy Lerman: page 2, below left.
H. J. Paul: page 2, below right.
Larry Cowell, courtesy of Robert Davison: page 5, above.
The New York Times/Redux: page 5, below.
Elli Marcus: page 6, below.
Herman Landshoff, courtesy of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology: page 7, center; page 14, below.
Vivian Crozier: page 8, above.
Courtesy of the Estate of Sheila Ward: page 8, below; page 14, above.
Inge Morath Foundation/Magnum Photos: page 9, center.
Lord Crathorne, courtesy of Lord Crathorne: page 9, below.
Graphic Arts Photo Service: page 10, above.
George Barkentin: page 11, above.
© Duane Michals: pages 12 and 13; page 15.
Copyright © 1977 by Irving Penn: Leo Lerman, New York, 1977: page 16.
SECOND INSERT
© Hedda Sterne, 1947: page 1, above. Milton Avery, courtesy of the Louis and Annette Kaufman Family Trust: page 1, below.
© Richard Hunter: page 2.
Painting by John Koch, photograph courtesy of the National Academy Museum, New York: page 3.
Painting by John Koch, © Christie's Images Ltd. (1994): pages 4 and 5.
Derry Moore/Architectural Digest, © Condé Nast Publications Inc.: page 6.
Courtesy of Michael Mundy: page 7.
© Pat York: page 8, above.
© Jade Albert: page 8, below.
THIRD INSERT
Lisa Larsen/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images: page 1, above left.
Nick Machalaba/WWD/Fairchild Archive: page 1, below.
Courtesy of Emily Harding: page 2, above. Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos: page 2, below.
Louise Dahl-Wolfe/© 1989 Center for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents: page 3, above.
George Platt Lynes/House & Garden, © Condé Nast Publications Inc.: page 3, below.
Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations: page 4, above left. Desmond O'Neill Features: page 4, above right.
T. McAvoy/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images: page 4, below.
Alexander Liberman Photographic Collection & Archive, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute: page 5, above.
Photofest, Inc.: page 5, center.
Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations: page 5, below.
Courtesy Betsy Talbot Blackwell Papers, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming: page 6, above left.
Horst © Condé Nast Publications Inc.: page 6, above right.
Walter Sanders/Time & Life Pictures/ Getty Images: page 6, below.
WWD/Fairchild Archive: page 7, above right; page 14, below.
Copyright © 1981 Ted Leyson: page 7, below.
AP Images: page 8, above; page 9, below; page 12, above right and below right.
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations: page 8, below; page 9, above.
© Sam Siegel: page 10, above.
© Louis Peres: page 10, below.
Copyright © 1973 V. Sladon: page 11.
Mark Gerson: page 12, above left.
Courtesy of Jane Imbs Trimble: page 13, above left and right.
Durlacher Bros. Records, 1919-1973, Research Library, The Getty Research Institute: page 13, below left.
© Estate of George Platt Lynes, courtesy of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, gift of Agnes Rindge Claflin: page 13, below right.
Whitestone Photo: page 15, above left.
Bill Cunningham/The New York Times: page 15, above right.
© Bonnie Cashin Estate: page 16.
All illustrations not otherwise credited are from private collections.
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Copyright © 2007 by Stephen Pascal
All quotation from the letters, journals, Vogue articles, and other papers of Leo Lerman is made with the
permission of his estate, for whose cooperation the author is most grateful.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lerman, Leo, 1914-1994.
The grand surprise : the journals of Leo Lerman / by Leo Lerman; edited by Stephen Pascal.—1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
eISBN: 978-0-307-49574-7
1. Lerman, Leo, 1914-1994—Diaries. 2. Lerman, Leo, 1914-1994—Correspondence. 3. Periodical
editors—United States—Diaries. 4. Periodical editors—United States—Correspondence. I. Pascal,
Stephen. II. Title.
PN4874.L376A3 2007
070.5'1—dc22
[B] 2006048735
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