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EUGENE PRAKAPAS Obituary

PRAKAPAS--Eugene J. December 1, 2011, Bronxville, NY, beloved husband of Dorothy. Born in Lowell, MA '32; BA Yale '53; '53-57 US Navy Lieutenant; MA Oxon Balliol College, Oxford '59 on a Fullbright; Professional: '60-70, Vice President and Editor-in-Chief, Trident Press and Pocket Books Divisions Simon & Schuster; '71-72, studied Ikebana, here and in Japan; '73-76, Co-Director, Carus Gallery, NY; '76, started Prakapas Gallery, NY. '85 authored the forward to Bauhaus photography, MIT Press; '86 Visiting Curator, San Francisco Museum Modern Art. Member Art Dealers Association of America; Association of International Photography Art Dealers. Brilliant, imaginative, innovative, vibrant. He will be hugely missed by his wife and friends. A memorial gathering to be announced. Communications may be directed to: Carey Clark, c/o Dorothy Prakapas, 1 Northgate Apt 6B, Bronxville, NY 10708.

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Published by New York Times on Dec. 10, 2011.

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December 16, 2011

So sorry for your loss. Gene was a warm and greatly talented man. Cynthia White

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