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East Hampton Historical Society Unveils New Exhibit, Hosts Opening Reception
The event was an homage to a couple said to have influenced some of the greatest writers and authors of the 1920s.
EAST HAMPTON, NY — Living well is the best revenge. The oft-repeated adage was the theme of the evening on Friday at the Clinton Academy Museum on Main Street in East Hampton.
That's when the East Hampton Historical Society hosted an opening reception for its "Living Well Is The Best Revenge: A Jazz Fable of Sara and Gerald Murphy" exhibition.
The Murphys were, to many of their contemporaries, the most beautiful couple of the 1920s.
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The duo was said to have influenced many works of art and literature of the period, including F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender Is the Night", Ernest Hemingway's "A Moveable Feast", John Dos Passos's "Big Money", and Pablo Picasso's neo-classical masterpiece "Woman In White".
Laura Donnelly, granddaughter of the Murphys, was a special guest of honor. Also attending the event were Laura's brother Sherman Donnelly, architect Robert A.M. Stern, Peggy and Ed Sherrill, Nina Gibson, Joan and Bob Osborne, Frank Newbold and Whitney Fairchild, among others.
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Photos by Richard Lewin Professional Photography, soniboy@aol.com.
Reporting by Richard Lewin.
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