Patricia Faure (April 8, 1928 – October 21, 2008) was an American art dealer, photographer, and gallery owner, based in

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Early life and education

Patricia Enk was born in

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, the youngest of three daughters. Her father died when she was very young; Patricia moved to California with her mother and sister in 1943. She attended

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, and volunteered at the Modern Institute of Art in

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as a teenager. As a young woman she lived in New York City for several years, studying at the

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and working as a model for

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.Susan Ehrlich, "Interview with Patricia Faure," Archives of American Art (November 17, 22, 24, 2004).
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Career

During her time living in New York, Patricia Enk met and worked with many New York-based artists of the 1950s, including

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. She carried her familiarity with contemporary artists into the Los Angeles scene when she returned in 1955. She became involved with the

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group as a photographer. From 1959 to 1970 she lived in Paris with her second husband, and worked as a fashion photographer there, most notably capturing the unisex designs of

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. The couple returned to Los Angeles with their young daughter in 1970, and settled in Santa Monica. She was director of the Nicholas Wilder Gallery in

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beginning in 1972, and in 1979 she opened the Asher/Faure gallery with Betty Asher. The gallery changed locations before becoming the Patricia Faure gallery at

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. Among the notable artists featured at the Asher/Faure or Patricia Faure Gallery were Salomón Huerta,

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, Rona Pondick,

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,Suzanne Muchnic, "Summertime, and the Viewin' is Easy: Art Exhibits," ''Los Angeles Times'' (July 28, 1979): b8.
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, Robert Yarber,

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, Katy Stone,

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, and Robert Zakanitch. Of her work, Faure often insisted, "You can't sell art. It sells itself. All you can do is keep the place kind of tidy and get the information out. People come in. If they like it, they buy it."

Personal life

Faure married twice. Her first husband was musician Philip Peyton. Her second was

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art director Jacques Faure, father of her daughter Zazu (b. 1965). Both marriages ended in divorce. Faure died October 21, 2008, age 80, at the Kingsley Manor retirement community in Hollywood.Christopher Miles, "Patricia Faure, 1928-2008," ''LA Weekly'' (October 27, 2008).
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References

External links

Finding Aid for Patricia Faure Gallery records at the Getty Research Institute {{DEFAULTSORT:Faure, Patricia 1928 births American art collectors 2008 deaths American fashion photographers American women art dealers American art dealers