Richard had a big smile and a great laugh. I worked at The Frick from 1980-1986. My uncle, cousins all worked there. I met my wife there. Her mother was the cook.  As another poster stated, there certainly was a wink-wink attitude about him although the characters in my time were much more eccentric shall we say.   We discussed photography and cameras regularly. Richard was a fun guy. 

I met Richard in 2001 when I started working at The Frick Collection as a curatorial assistant. The Frick was the grandest place I had ever worked and even though I had a privileged art history background, it was not a natural place for me to be, this 1st generation Armenian kid from Los Angeles.

Richard was one of the most welcoming people I met there. He was always cracking a joke which made me laugh and reminded me of my mom who has a similar sense of humor. He also had this kind of wink-wink attitude about him, an acknowledgement that we were in quite an over-the-top place and surrounded by a few, let's say, outsize characters whom I ought not to take too seriously. 

There is one distinct memory I wanted to share here. One day I was craving chocolate in the afternoon (not an unusual occurrence) and was complaining to him that there wasn't a grocery store for me to pop into nearby. He told me to go around the corner to Godiva on Madison! And I couldn't believe he was telling me to go to a fancy chocolate shop to buy individual chocolates for myself for no special occasion. Richard's attitude was, what better reason is there to go buy chocolate from Godiva? I always carry that story with me. It's the opposite of how I grew up where the nice stuff was saved either for guests or for later. To this day I am reminded of him as I eat off the good china or open a bottle of champagne on an uninteresting day. 

I am really sorry for your loss. He was very special, one of a kind, and I am sure you miss him.


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7 febrero, 1938 – 1 abril, 2020

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