CASS-CANFIELD-Obituary

CASS CANFIELD

New York, New York

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CANFIELD--Cass Jr., distinguished book publisher and editor, and dear husband, father, grandfather, friend and mentor, died peacefully on July 30th at his home in Manhattan. He was 90. He was born in New York City on May 4th, 1923, the eldest son of Katharine Temple Emmet and Augustus Cass...

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I am realizing now that Lewis´s father passed. I did not know the man but I am sure he is missed. Much love to you Lewis and to your ancestors.

We were heartbroken to learn of the death of Cass Canfield, Jr., who will be greatly missed, both personally and professionally, in the publishing world and by the many scholars whose work he supported and advanced. Cass became our editor back in 1981, when he uniquely saw the merit in our first co-edited book, Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany (13 other presses had turned it down), and as it turned out, he was right to bet on that book. With his incomparable editorial...

I am so glad to have known this brilliant and charming man and so sorry at his family's and the world's loss. May he rest in peace.