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ALAN GROH 8 WEST 9 STREET/NEW YORK, N. Y. 10011 FEBRUARY 23, 1987 MAX FRANKEL EXECUTIVE EDITOR THE NEW YORK TIMES 229 WEST 43 STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 19936 DEAR MR. FRANKEL, SINCE THE NEW YORK TIMES IS A NEWSPAPER OF RECORD, I FEEL IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT A CORRECTION BE MADE IN THE OBITUARY OF ANDY WARHOL, (TIMES, 2/23/87). ANDY WARHOL'S FIRST ONE MAN SHOW IN NEW YORK WAS NOT AT THE JANIS GALLERY, AS THE ARTICLE INDICATED, BUT AT THE STABLE GALLERY, 33 EAST 74 STREET, IN NOVEMBER 1962. HIS SECOND ONE MAN SHOW WAS AT THE STABLE GALLERY IN 1964. IN HIS MEMOIR, POPISM, WARHOL CREDITS THE STABLE GALLERY FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO GIVE HIM HIS FIRST ONE MAN SHOW IN NEW YORK. THE STABLE GALLERY WAS AN INFLUENTIAL PART OF THE ART SCENE OF 1953 UNTIL IT CLOSED IN 1970, AND THE TIMES RAN A LENGTHY OBITUARY (1/7/84) ON THE LATE ELEANOR WARD. SINCE MANY READERS CLIP AND COLLECT TIMES OBITS, ND SINCE THEY DO BECOME A MATTER OF RECORD, I FEEL IT NECESSARY THAT THIS CORRECTION BE MADE. WITH APPRECIATION, Alan Groh ALAN GROH ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (1956-70) STABLE GALLERY CC: JOHN RUSSELL