Merry Christmas Mr Ordover September 2, 2010

From the 1950s until shortly before his death at the age of 81 in November of 2008, Jerald Ordover practiced law in New York City, representing many of the leading artists and galleries of the latter half of the twentieth century. He was legal counsel to Leo Castelli, his gallery and many of his artists for more than forty years, also providing a wide range of legal services for hundreds of other artists, dealers and arts organizations, often working pro bono or in exchange for works of art which he gratefully received without regard for the status of an artist's career. Taking its title from a drawing made for him by Richard Serra, the exhibition illuminates Jerry Ordover's many vital contributions to the New York art community and celebrates his passion for artists and the art world he helped to form. It includes paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, books, postcards, posters and correspondence from the 1960s through the 1990s.