Table of Contents — The Life and Times of Barney Ebsworth, Fourth Edition

Fourth Edition · The Life and Times of Barney Ebsworth

A complete map of the 4th edition. Drafted parts are linked. Status pills show what's published, what's in draft, and what's still queued.

Front Matter

Foreword by Paul Terry Walhus DraftedThe cousin's case for why this book exists at all.

i–v

vii

Preface — About the 4th Edition DraftedWhat's new, why now, and how the book differs from its three predecessors.

vii–xi

xiii

Dedication PendingTo Christiane, the Ebsworths and Frauenthals, and the readers Barney never knew he had.

xiii

A Note on Sources PendingPlagiarism-safe sourcing methodology and primary-source inventory.

xv–xvii

The Body of the Book — Fourteen Parts

Origins — St. Louis, Windsor Castle, and the Two Lineages DraftedThe world the twins were born into; the Ebsworth and Frauenthal grandfathers; July 14, 1934; the flat on Kingshighway; the King's speech.

The Making of Barney — Eagle Scout to Army Corporal Drafted$12,000 a year; Lee Jeans at twelve; Eagle Scout at fourteen; the NCAA 9.6-second final; Pikes Peak; Wash U; the enlistment; Fort Leonard Wood; the M-1 round; willing himself to France.

III

France & Martine — The Louvre, the USO, and Sumac Lane In progressSelf-taught at the Louvre; the Unholy Three; midnight USO; Italy; the engagement medal; the black VW; Sumac Lane.

The Travel Business — A Wig Shop in Alton to INTRAV QueuedKirkland Deluxe; Sully Sullivan and Jenkins; Harry Pope's fuse-lighter; the alumni rat-races; the Jenkins buyout; the $350,000 he turned down; the “B or B” year.

INTRAV — Making History QueuedThe thesis; the Orient Adventure; the welcome junk in Victoria Harbor; Kyoto's keys; around the world by private charter; Christiane.

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The Fleet — Royal Cruise Line, Clipper, and the Only Person Who Built Two QueuedRoyal Cruise Line, 1972; the Golden Odyssey; Clipper, 1981; Antarctica; the $2-billion lawsuit; selling Royal to Norwegian, 1989.

151

VII

The Collection — Bringing the Museum Home QueuedThe European eye on American art; Hartley's Berlin 49; Hopper's Chop Suey; Pollock, de Kooning, Stella, Thiebaud, Mitchell, Warhol, Rosenquist; the 1987 STL exhibition; the 2000 NGA exhibition.

183

VIII

Georgia O'Keeffe — Abiquiu QueuedThe first O'Keeffe at $47,000; Lloyd Goodrich; Doris Bry; the silver OK pin; Music—Pink and Blue No. 1; Black, White and Blue; Juan Hamilton's monologue.

219

The Women — Four Marriages, Twelve Years Each QueuedMartine de Visme; Trish Kloepfer (Abiquiu wedding, Maggie Lopez best man); Pam Larimer (the six words); Rebecca Layman-Amato.

247

The Houses — Four Addresses That Ran a Life Queued3 Sumac Lane; 3020 La Pietra Circle; 4053 Hunts Point Road; Ebsworth Park (the 75/25 anniversary year, 2026).

279

Foundations & the Tadao Ando Chapel QueuedThe Mr. and Mrs. Barney A. Ebsworth Foundation; the Warhol sale that funded it; Ando's Vatican-commissioned design, scaled down for Seattle; NIMBY on Capitol Hill; the unbuilt church.

307

XII

The Ending — Rebecca, April 9, the Will, Christie's, the SAM Controversy Queued2017 oral history; eleven months of marriage; April 9, 2018; the will and the living trust; Christie's $317.8M; the Hopper world record; the Hunts Point house at $37.5M.

335

XIII

Principles — What Barney Thought Made Him Work QueuedFocus, the eye, speed, experience over product, going where others aren't, fair play, the what's-over-the-next-hill feeling. And the question of luck.

365

XIV

Sources & Primary Material — Annotated Bibliography QueuedEvery primary source, every secondary source, every interview, every archive consulted. The Smithsonian oral history; the Frauenthal genealogy; the Walhus photograph trove.

391

Back Matter

Appendix A — Two Lives, Counted in Years DraftedBarney's milestones beside Paul's age. Already published as a table on the 4th edition landing.

419

Appendix B — The Frauenthal Family Tree QueuedFrom the elder Barney W. Frauenthal forward, including the Ebsworth, Walhus, Mueller, and Ladd lines.

425

Appendix C — The Ebsworth Collection at Christie's, November 2018 QueuedLot-by-lot record of the auction with sale prices, buyers (where known), and current museum locations.

435

Appendix D — Companion Works QueuedThe 3-part documentary, the feature film, the Broadway trilogy, and the musical — what each is, where each lives.

447

Index ScaffoldedPeople, places, paintings, ships, organizations.

453

Acknowledgments Pending

485

About the Author Pending

487

Page numbers reflect projected positions in the bound 4th edition; they may shift modestly as remaining parts are written. Linked entries are live; status pills indicate the current state of each section.