151 offers a complete collection of these artists’ portraits—shot as candids and in natural light—created by Arnold over the years. The book won the renowned Kodak Photo Book Award in 1995, the year of its publication. Whether sitting in a car with Paul Strand, catching Imogen Cunningham in her kitchen, or accompanying Ansel Adams on a Point Lobos shoot, he always managed to produce sensitive photographs that both revealed and revered his subjects, composing a body of artistic work of immeasurable value and historic importance. Arnold lectured frequently on photography and collecting, and with his death, the photography community has lost one of its last connections to the greats of twentieth-century photography. His own work is found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and The Art Institute in Chicago. After her retirement, Arnold and his wife of twenty-seven years, Cynthia, would spend the fall in Paris. Mornings he could be found Bill Caskey IN TRIBUTE Bill loved the antique business. He was so passionate about the shows that he developed and was very proud to see how well respected they had become. After suffering memory losses and a subsequent diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s Disease in May 2010, he was devastated when he realized that he could not continue with the work that had, since the age of nineteen, been his passion. He passed away on November 20, 2014, at the age of sixty-seven. Donations can be made in Bill’s memory to the Alzheimer’s Association, Southern California Chapter, http://www.alz.org, 4221 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90010, or with Jennifer at (323) 930- 6246. The Alzheimer’s Association not only funds much-needed research but also funds programs to support patients and their families as they deal with this devastating illness. At his request, no funeral services are planned. Liz Lees Bill Caskey, partner in the show promotions company Caskey Lees, was born to Dorothy and Elmer Caskey in 1947. He spent his early childhood in Ashland, KY, and later attended high school in Dayton, OH. A serious car accident at the age of nineteen resulted in a substantial insurance settlement and, under his mother’s guidance, Bill frequented local antiques auctions and acquired several valuable pieces. These early antiquing years fueled a lifelong love of antiques and art. In 1969 Bill moved to Toronto, where he met his first wife, Sandra. Together they ran Red Lion Antiques, The Collectors Book Shelf, and The Indian Gallery. During this time, Bill also opened Horizon Enterprises, which produced antique shows across Canada. His daughter, Netanya, was born in 1978. Bill returned to the U.S. in 1982 and settled in California with his second wife, Elizabeth, and stepson, Brandon. Netanya joined them in 1991. Together Bill and Liz founded Caskey Lees, an antique fair production house, and also exhibited their own materials in antique shows across the country. In 1985, they created The Los Angeles Folk & Ethnographic Art Show, an art fair that reflected the material they were drawn to and dealt in. This endeavor became the first of the Tribal & Textile Arts Shows that eventually expanded from Los Angeles to San Francisco and New York, and it marked the beginning of a thirty-year career producing high-end specialized art fairs across the U.S. In addition to tribal art shows, Bill and Caskey Lees produced the Arts of Pacific Asia Shows (Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York), the Los Angeles Modernism Show, and the New York Ceramics Fair, among others. at Deux Magots, chatting with his Parisian collector friends. Once the Parcours des Monde became an annual event, Arnold scoured the dealers for African bronzes and other works that caught his eye. He collected “tribal” art with the same passion as photography, applying his keen eye for form to African sculpture and metalwork. In addition to form, Arnold also loved accumulations and many of his tribal pieces display an appreciation for the layering often found in African traditional sculpture, whether a Cross River emblem or hunters’ shirts from Burkina Faso. Only failing health kept him from returning the last two years. Arnold Crane passed away at age eighty-two on November 22, 2014, from complications after cardiac surgery. Holly Ross
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