Peter Selz (18 page)

Figure
8. Peter with his parents as he boarded the steamship
Europa
for the Atlantic crossing to New York, Bremen, 1936.

Figure
9. Hildegard (Gina) Bachert and Peter, New York, 1939. Gina was Peter's first love, whom he met in the New York
Werkleute
German Jewish youth group. Photograph: Hans Oppenheimer, New York.

Figure
10. Peter with boxing gloves during army basic training, 1942. He accepted the challenge to a boxing match with a bully. To his surprise, Peter, who had never boxed before, prevailed.

Figure
11. Peter seated on the roof of his car in front of the Institute of Design (New Bauhaus), Chicago, 1955.

Figure
12. Flyer for the arts festival
Expressionism
at Pomona College, 1957.

Figure
13. Thalia (Cheronis) Selz and Peter at home with their daughters, Gabrielle (Gaby), seated, and Tanya, New York, 1959–60.

Figure
14. Opening of the
Emil Nolde
exhibition at MoMA, 1963. From left: Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, Gertrud A. Mellon, William S. Lieberman, Peter Selz, Mrs. John Rewald.

Figure
15. Man Ray and Peter Selz at MoMA, 1964.

Figure
16. Peter Selz with the model for the University Art Museum, Berkeley, 1966. Photograph by Ansel Adams. Contemporary print from original negative by Ansel Adams, UCR/California Museum of Photography, Sweeny/Ruben Ansel Adams FIAT LUX Collection, University of California, Riverside.

Figure
17. Mark Rothko, Mell Rothko, sculptor Dimitri Hadzi, and Peter (from left) in Hadzi's studio garden, Rome, 1966. Photograph by Norma Schlesinger.

Figure
18. UC Berkeley art faculty and visiting artists in Norma's garden at her Indian Rock home in Berkeley, ca. 1966. Front row, from left: Harold Paris, Erle Loran, unidentified woman behind Peter, Emilio Vedova, and George Miyasaki behind his wife. Back row, from left: Arthur Formichelli (attorney), Frieda Paris, Arnoldo Pomodoro, Pete Voulkos, Norma, and an unidentified man.

Figure
19. Anna Halprin dancers performing at one of the grand-opening events at the new University Art Museum, November 1970. Photograph: Chester Kessler Estate, courtesy of Robert Emory Johnson.