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Building, Larimore & Co. (Chemists).

Larimore & Co. Chemists store; adjacent buildings visible. This building is 24 East 55th Street.

IMAGE DATE1915
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No. 26 East 55th Street (left), ca. 1915.

Between 1945-1955, the venerably Hugo Gallery was located in this townhouse. In the late 1940s, gallerist Alexander Iolas exhibited works from surrealist painters, including Rene Magritte.

In 1952, the gallery mounted a young Andy Warhol's first solo exhibition, entitled "Fifteen Drawings Based on the Writings of Truman Capote."

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