Blum, Irving
(b. 1930)
Irving Blum to David Herbert, ca. 1959 Jan.
Irving Blum, Letter to David Herbert, [undated]. David Herbert papers, 1950–1995. Gift of Jaime Andradre.
Blum and Walter Hopps founded the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles in 1958. The gallery was an immediate success, and Blum kept New York-based Herbert (1922–1995) abreast of the goings-on. Blum writes about the gallery opening of the Robert Irwin exhibition: “Movie stars, poodles, beggars, shopkeepers & the four Gingo’s, a family of performing Eskimos from Point Barrow, Alaska. I got stoned after awhile & starting tap dancing & whinnying like a horse.”
Irving Blum to David Herbert, ca. 1959 Jan. Letter : 2 p. : handwritten ; 28 x 22 cm. David Herbert papers. Archives of American Art.
Irving Blum to David Herbert, ca. 1959 Jan. Letter : 2 p. : handwritten ; 28 x 22 cm. David Herbert papers. Archives of American Art.
Forms Part of: David Herbert papers

