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The original documents are located in Box 51, folder "12/6/76 - State Visit of Prime
Minister Giulio Andreotti (Italy) (2)" of the Betty Ford White House Papers, 1973-1977 at
the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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President
Andreotti
Mrs Ford
Prime Minister
Mrs. Domenici
Mr. Lorengotti
Mrs Mayer
Maria Mrs. Andretti
Frank Capra
by
Joe Garagida
Pearl Bailey
Q earl Badey
Joe Garagide
Mrs Ford
R. FOR
A
Guest list for the dinner to be given by the President and Mrs. Ford in honor
of His Excellency Giulio Andreotti, President of the Council of Ministers of
the Italian Republic, on Monday, December 12, 1976 at eight o'clock, The
White House
His Excellency Giulio Andreotti
President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic
His Excellency The Ambassador of Italy and Mrs. Gaja
His Excellency Mario Mondello
Director General for Economic Affairs, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
The Honorable Umberto La Rocca
Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the Council of Ministers
The Honorable Dr. Silvano Palumbo
Director General, Ministry of the Treasury
Mr. Sergio Berlinguer
Counselor, Chief of the Press Office, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
Mr. Vincenzo Mallardo
Vice Prefect Protocol
Mr. Umberto Vattani
Counselor, Cabinet of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
The Vice President and Mrs. Rockefeller
The Chief Justice and Mrs. Burger
The Secretary of State and Mrs. Kissinger
The Honorable Philip W. Buchen and Mrs. Buchen
Counsel to the President
The Honorable John O. Marsh, Jr. and Mrs. Marsh
Counsellor to the President
The Honorable John O. Pastore
U. S. Senate (Rhode Island)
The Honorable Robert J. Dole and The Honorable Elizabeth Handord Dole
U. S. Senate (Kansas)
The Honorable Peter V. Domenici and Mrs. Domenici
U. S. Senate (New Mexico)
The Honorable Peter W. Rodino, Jr. and Mrs. Rodino
House of Representatives (New Jersey)
The Honorable Silvio O. Conte and Mrs. Conte
R.
House of Representatives (Massachusetts)
The Honorable John B. Anderson and Mrs. Anderson
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House of Representatives (Illinois)
The Honorable John W. Wydler and Mrs. Wydler
House of Representatives (New York)
The Honorable Mario Biaggi
House of Representatives (New York)
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The Honorable L. William Seidman and Mrs. Seidman
Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs
The Honorable Richard B. Cheney and Mrs. Cheney
Assistant to the President
The Honorable Brent Scowcroft
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
The Honorable John A. Volpe and Mrs. Volpe
American Ambassador to Italy
The Chief of Protocol and Mr. Black
Captain Charles H. Mead, USAF, and Mrs. Mead
Air Force Aide to the President
Mr. and Mrs. Mario Andretti, Nazareth, Pennsylvania
President, Andretti Racing Enterprises
Miss Pearl Bailey, Northridge, California
Entertainer
Mr. and Mrs. Benton L. Becker, Potomac, Maryland
Cramer, Haber & Becker
Mr. John Bench, Cincinnati Reds Baseball Club
Mr. and Mrs. Yogi Berra, Coach, New York Yankees Baseball Team
Colonel Earl Blaik
Palm Desert, California
Mr. and Mrs. George Blanda, La Grange Park, Illinois
Former football star
? Mr. Sonny Bono, Los Angeles, California
Entertainer
The Honorable Dean Burch and Mrs. Burch, Potomac, Maryland
Attorney
The Honorable Howard H. Callaway, Jr. and Mrs. Callaway
Interfinancial, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Capra, La Quinta, California
Motion picture producer
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Caldiero
Beverly Hills, California
Mr. Robert Carter
Co-Chairman, Republican National Committee and escort
of Mary Louise Smith
Miss Sheila Clarke
Guest of Cody Shearer
Mr. Richard C. Clarkson
Director of Photography, Topeka (Kansas) Capital Journal
Mr. John F. X. Condon
Vice President, Madison Square Garden Center and guest
of Joe Frazier
The Honorable John B. Connally and Mrs. Connally
R. FORD
Houston, Texas
?
Mr. Chuck Connors, Beverly Hills, California
Actor
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Miss Olga Constantine
Guest of Alex Demar
Dr. and Mrs. William H. Cooper
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Alex Demar
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mr. Harold Jesse Dukes
Guest of Beverly Ebner
Mrs. Beverly J. Ebner
Republican National Committeewoman for South Carolina
Miss Sandra L. Eisert
Guest of Richard Clarkson
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Engel
Arlington, Virginia
Mr. Luis Estevez, Los Angeles, California
Designer
The Honorable Max M. Fisher and Mrs. Fisher, Franklin, Michigan
Chairman, Fisher-New Center Company
Mr. Jack Ford
Mr. Steven Ford
Miss Susan Ford
Mrs. Thomas G. Ford, Sr.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mr. Joe Frazier, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Boxer
Mr. Gant Gaither, Palm Springs, California
Sculptor
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Garagiola, Scarsdale, New York
Sportscaster
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Graves, Santa Monica, California
Actor
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Greenberg, Hewlett, New York
Pres., Loehmann's
The Honorable William I. Greener, Jr. and Mrs. Greener
Springfield, Virginia
Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Guarino
R.
Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio
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1976 Olympic bronze medalist in swimming
Mr. Lionel Hampton, New York, New York
Musician
The Honorable Bryce N. Harlow and Mrs. Harlow, Arlington, Virginia
Vice Pres., National Government Relations, Procter & Gamble Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin B. Herrell
(Mrs--Dr. Lukash's office)
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Miss Telma Hopkins
"Dawn"
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Howlett
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kaskel
Harrison, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Kindel
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Honorable Tom C. Korologos and Mrs. Korologos
Timmons & Company, Inc.
Mr. Abe Krash and Dr. Joan Krash, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Mr--Attorney; Mrs--Psychologist
The Honorable Melvin R. Laird and Mrs. Laird, Washington, D. C.
Senior Counselor for National and International Affairs, Reader's Digest
Miss Ginny Liddell, Guest of John Bench
Miss Beverly Lohman
Guest of Arthur Spitzer
Mr. and Mrs. Guido Lorenzotti
President & Chief Executive Officer, Olivetti Corporation
of North America, New York, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Donal MacAdam
Newport Beach, California
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney W. Markley, Jr., Washington, D. C.
Vice President, Ford Motor Company
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mayer
San Mateo, California 94402
Mr. Rod McKuen, Beverly Hills, California
Poet
The Honorable Rogers C. B. Morton
Easton, Maryland
Mr. and Mrs. John O'Laughlin, Jr.
Barrington, Illinois
Miss Kim Nardi
Arlington, Virginia
Mr. Stephan J. Nardi
Hillside, Illinois
Mr. and Mrs. Tony Orlando
Entertainer
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Paar, New Canaan, Connecticut
TV personality
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph V. Paterno
Coach, Pennsylvania State University Football Team
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Rezneck
R. FORD
Attorney, Washington, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Russell
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Salvatori, Sr., Los Angeles, California
President, Grant Oil & Tool Company
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Secchia
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mr. Cody Shearer
Washington, D. C.
Ms. Audrey Smaltz
Guest of Lionel Hampton
Mr. E. B. Smith
Guest of Pearl Bailey
Mrs. Mary Louise Smith
Co-Chairman, Republican National Committee
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart K. Spencer, Balboa, California
President, Spencer, Roberts & Associates
Mr. Arthur Spitzer, Beverly Hills, California
Chairman, Digas Company
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stella
President, F. D. Stella Products Company, Detroit, Michigan
Mr. and Mrs. Don Sutton, Calabasas Park, California
Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
Mr. and Mrs. Strobe Talbott, Washington, D. C.
Time Magazine
The Honorable Charls E. Walker and Mrs. Walker, Washington, D. C.
President, Charles E. Walker Associates
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Whyte, Washington, D. C.
Vice President, U. S. Steel Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Rockwell Wilson
Mrs--"Dawn"
? = Not heard from
R.
FORD
Regrets for dinner - December 6, 1976
The Secretary of Defense & Mrs. Rumsfeld - out of country
Mrs. Scowcroft - illness
Mr. & Mrs. James A. Baker, III - in Texas
Mrs. Earl Blaik - cannot travel
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Collins - no reason
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Connors - just returned to California from New York
Mr. Hernando Courtright -- must be in Florida
Mr. & Mrs. Oscar de la Renta - opening of Russian costume exhibit
Mr. & Mrs. Sammy Davis, Jr. - taping show in Acapulco
Mr. Glenn Ford - no reason, but is writing letter
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Ford
Mrs. Joe Frazier
Mr. Thomas S. Giordano
Mr. & Mrs. Rocky Graziano - doing commercial in Rochester, N.Y.
Mr. & Mrs. Woody Hayes - death of Ohio State Univ. staff member
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Landry - preparing for Redskins game
Mr. & Mrs. Clark MacGregor - out of country on business
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Majors - working commitments
Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Mason (Cathy Rigby ) on tour doing college lectures
Mrs. Rogers Morton - out of town
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Nelson
Colonel & Mrs. Merritt Peterson - he is in Canada; she is in Hawaii
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Rogers - prior commitment involving business
Mr. & Mrs. Bo Schembechler - speaking in Detroit & receiving award
Dr. Elmer Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Bart Starr - prior commitment
Mr. & Mrs. Paul Thayer - prior commitment
Mr. & Mrs. Willy Bogner - leaving for Europe
Mrs. John O. Pastore
Senator & Mrs. Paul J. Fannin - out of town
Mrs. Mario Biaggi
Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. Harrison - in London
The Secretary of Transportation & Mrs. Coleman - no reason
The Secretary of Labor (Usery) - long standing speaking engagement
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce - speaking in Chicago
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Garvey - moving on Monday
SEALD R. FORD
LIBRARY
PRELIMINARY Guest list for the after-dinner entertainment following
the dinner in honor of His Excellency Giulio Androtti, President of the
Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic, on Monday, December 6,
1976 at ten o'clock, The White House:
Unofficial Italian Party:
Mr. & Mrs. Pietro E. Ago
First Secretary, Embassy of Italy
Mr. & Mrs. Ginacarlo Carrara-Cagni
Counselor, Embassy of Italy
Mr. Giuseppe Sgarlata
Protocol Officer, Italian party
Mr. Guido Zecca
Security, Italian party
Mr. Charles Black, Jr.
Son of the Chief of Protocol
Miss Nancy C. Braselton
Office of Doug Bennett
Mrs. Dorothy K. Cavanaugh
Office of Mildred Leonard
Mr. & Mrs. A. Denis Clift
Senior Staff Member, National Security Council
Mr. & Mrs. Leo D. Hochstetter
V. P., The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc., Bethesday, Md.
Miss Norma J. Howard
Office of Jim Baker (escort: Bill Sargent, McLean, Va.)
Dr. & Mrs. Paul H.J. Krogh
Oral surgeon, Bethesda, Md.
The Honorable Myron B. Kuropas & Mrs. Kuropas
Special Assistant to the President for Ethnic Affairs
Mr. & Mrs. James Michaux
Mrs. (Rusty) - Volunteer, Mrs. Ford's Press Office
Mr. James Merson
Mrs. Ford's hairdresser
Mr. & Mrs. Girolamo Mo desti
"La Nazione" & "Il Resto Del Carlino" - Italian press
Mr. & Mrs. L. Robert Raish
Mrs. (Angela) - formerly with President Ford Committee
Mr. Robert M. Rittenhouse
Manager, Rittenhouse Motor Lodge, Cape Charles, Va.
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon W. Rudd
Rudd's Swimming Pool Supply Co., Inc., Alexandria, Va.
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth M. Rudd
Rudd's Swimming Pool Supply Co., Inc., Alexandria, Va.
R.
Mr. Douglas J. Smith
FOR
Special Assistant to the President
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PC
The Honorable Helmut Sonnenfeldt & Mrs. Sonnenfeldt
Counselor, Department of State
Ms. Connie Thumma
Press Office, WH (escort: Don Derman, Washington, D. C.)
Mrs. Rose Tiralla
Interior Decorator, Chevy Chase, Md.
Mr. John A. Volpe, Jr.
Son of the Ambassador to Italy; Nahant, Massachusetts
Mr. & Mrs. Louis V. Watwood
Mrs. (Ann) - Volunteer, Mrs. Ford's Social Office
R.
GERALD
FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 3, 1976
FOR:
MRS. FORD
FROM:
MARIA DOWNS
SUBJECT:
State Dinner in Honor of Prime Minister
Andreotti of Italy - December 6, 1976 -
8:00 p.m. - BLACK TIE
The following items are attached for your review and
information:
1.
Scenario (for review and approval)
2.
Dinner and After-Dinner Guest Lists
3.
Regret List
Thank you.
R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
DINNER IN HONOR OF
HIS EXCELLENCY GIULIO ANDREOTTI
PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC
December 6, 1976
8:00 p.m.
Dress:
Black tie
long dresses for the ladies
Arrival:
--
8:00 p.m.
at North Portico Entrance
...
Prime Minister
Andreotti, The Chief of Protocol and Mr. Black.
--
You and Mrs. Ford will greet.
--
Photo coverage of greeting.
Yellow Oval Room:
Vice President and Mrs. Rockefeller; Secretary and Mrs.
Kissinger; American Ambassador and Mrs. John A. Volpe;
and Foreign Ambassador and Mrs. Roberto Gaja will assemble
just prior to the 8:00 p.m. arrival of Prime Minister Andreotti
and The Chief of Protocol and Mr. Black.
--
Approximately 8:10 p.m.
all guests except Prime Minister
Andreotti will depart at this time
...
Color Guard will request
permission to remove Colors.
Grand Entrance:
--
Approximately 8:12 p.m.
...
descend Grand Staircase preceded
by Color Guard.
BERAL R. FORD
-2-
Prime. Minister Andreotti of Italy
--
Pause at foot of staircase for official photograph (Prime
Minister Andreotti to your right
...
then Mrs. Ford).
--
Color Guard reforms and procession moves to red carpet
facing East Room
...
pause for Ruffles and Flourishes and
announcement
take receiving line positions (Prime
Minister Andreotti to your right
then Mrs. Ford).
--
Follow Color Guard into East Room when "Hail to the Chief"
is played.
Receiving Line:
--
Take position just inside door of East Room
...
Ambassador
Black will present your guests.
--
After receiving line, follow guests into State Dining Room.
Dinner:
--
Round tables (State Dining Room and Red Room)
:
The Army Strolling Strings will play during dessert.
--
No press coverage of dinner ... toasts will be piped to the
press
transcripts will be released to the press
there
...
will be mini-camera coverage of the toasts with a small
photo pool.
After-Dinner:
--
10:00 p.m.
...
guests proceed to parlors for demitasse,
liqueurs, and cigars. You and Mrs. Ford will escort
Prime Minister Andreotti to the Blue Room where you will
visit informally with your guests.
10:05 p.m.
... after-dinner guests will be escorted to the
State Floor. You, Mrs. Ford and Prime Minister Andreotti
(Prime Minister Andreotti to your right
...
then Mrs. Ford)
will receive the after-dinner guests from a position in the
R.
BERAL
FORD
-3-
Prime Minister Andreotti of Italy
Grand Hall between the Blue Room and Green Room doors --
a Military Social Aide will present your guests -- guests will
proceed to the East Room and take their seats.
Entertainment:
--
After the guests are seated, you will enter the East Room
through the center door and seat Mrs. Ford and Prime Minister
Andreotti.
--
You proceed to the stage which will be located along the center
of the north wall and introduce Tony Orlando and Dawn.
NOTE: Suggested remarks (Tab A).
--
At the conclusion of the performance, you and Mrs. Ford
will escort Prime Minister Andreotti to the stage to thank
Tony Orlando and Dawn.
NOTE: There will be press coverage of the entertainment.
Photo and mini-camera coverage will be of the first and
last parts of the program and of your thanking Tony Orlando
and Dawn.
--
After you have thanked Tony Orlando and Dawn, you and
Mrs. Ford will escort Prime Minister Andreotti to the
Blue Room where you will mingle informally with your guests.
NOTE: There will be dancing in the Grand Foyer.
Departure:
--
You and Mrs. Ford, The Chief of Protocol and Mr. Black
will escort Prime Minister Andreotti to the North Portico.
--
You and Mrs. Ford may wish to return for dancing or return
to the Family Quarters.
--
There will be champagne, mixed drinks and dancing for the
guests who remain.
R.
GERAL
Ford
-4-
Prime Minister Andreotti of Italy
NOTES:
--
The dinner and after-dinner guest lists are attached (Tab B).
--
A suggested toast is attached (Tab C).
--
Military Social Aides will be present.
--
Marine Corps Harpist will be playing in the Diplomatic
Reception Room as your dinner and after-dinner guests arrive.
--
White House photographer will be present.
Maria Downs
R.
FORD
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE
WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)
FORM OF
CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
DOCUMENT
DOC.
GOVERNMENT REPORT
12/76
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FOLDER TITLE : 12/6/76- STATE VISIT OF PRIME MINISTER ANDREATi DF ITALY
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3/3/16
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
GSA FORM 7122 (REV. 5-82)
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 2, 1976
MEMO FOR:
MRS. FORD
FROM:
MARIA DOWNS
SUBJECT:
Table Centerpieces for the
Andreotti State Dinner
Allegorical animal sculptures by Gant Gaither will be
used as table centerpieces for Monday night's State
Dinner.
I thought you might enjoy browsing through the attached
information on Gant Gaither's work. I found it quite
interesting.
1 R. FORD
The Animal Kingdom
of
Gant Gaither
Regatta
Folding Screen 9' x 8'
Presenting Gant Gaither's allegorical animal oil paintings, prints
and Silver or Gold over Bronze sculptures
A limited edition based on "lost wax" process (Ceri Perdu)
Lippizan at Waikiki
The Lovers
On the Beach
Gut
Girler
Chauviniste
Introducing
Foreword
Gant Gaither spent his early years in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Since then art has always played a major
role in his life. He attended the Royal Academy of Art in London, the University of Mexico, and
graduated from the University of the South at Sewanee, Tennessee. He went on to post-graduate work at
the Yale University School of Architecture. Special courses included study with the great water-colorist
Eliot O'Hara, and Impressionist Fernand Leger. It was during this period that his career first turned
A collection of Seventeen Subjects
toward the theatre. He won a number of awards for his projects, but his engineering professor had
in Limited Edition of 500 each
doubts about their endurance, and he suggested that Mr. Gaither should design sets for the theatre,
where creativity and imagination were the criteria and permanence was unessential.
Following his professor's advice, Mr. Gaither worked during the summer with a New England stock
company as a set designer. The next winter, at the age of twenty-two, he built his own theatre, The
Miami Beach Playhouse, which was completed in twenty-eight days. Mr. Gaither says, "Despite my
professor's concern, the building is still standing!" He was now thoroughly immersed in the theatre and
went on to Broadway productions which include George Kelly's "Craig's Wife", Jane Cowl's last New
York appearance in "The First Mrs. Fraser", Boris Karloff in "The Shop At Sly Corner", and Victor
Young's musical version of "Seventh Heaven".
During his military service in World War II, Mr. Gaither worked with the Air Force's production of Moss
Hart's "Winged Victory" on Broadway, and served as assistant director to George Cukor for the film
version in Hollywood. Later he took a unit from the production to the Pacific Theatre of Operations, and
for these efforts he was awarded the Bronze Star.
After the war, Mr. Gaither went to California where he was an executive producer for Paramount
Pictures Corporation. As time went on, he curtailed his production activities to devote himself to writing
and his abiding interest - - painting. He wrote a biography, "Princess of Monaco, The Story of Grace
Kelly", and then combined his talents in a charming children's book "for adults only", "Sally Seal". The
illustrations for "Sally Seal" were exhibited in his first one-man show at the Hammer Galleries in 1964.
Mr. Gaither's second exhibition of Allegorical Animals presented various members of the Kingdom
Animalia behaving like their human counterparts, flourishing in surroundings which reveal the follies
and foibles of our society in terms of humor and gentle satire. Mr. Gaither paints in bold colors, and
enormous gaiety is engendered by the complex situations he invents for his private menagerie, who
seem to emerge from any circumstance with winning heroism.
Gant Gaither has since enjoyed highly successful exhibitions at the Galerie Andre Weil in Paris, Galerie
Juarez in Palm Beach, La Galeria Janna in Mexico City. He has now added new facets to his work. His
"Allegorical Animals" have jumped off the canvas into three dimensional bronze figures washed in
silver and gold, and will be presented nationally this fall and winter, beginning at Halls, Kansas City,
November 1st. Recently Mr. Gaither has been commissioned by C.W. Stockwell Co. to design an
exclusive line of wallpaper. A new book of selected paintings "Who's Zoo?" with an introduction by the
celebrated poet/composer Rod McKuen is currently in-the-work.
The bonnehumeur which permeates these paintings and sculptures is contagious, and the viewer enjoys
participating in Mr. Gaither's facile fantasies and in his genuinely witty attitude toward life and art.
Hubert the Hippo
What THEY SAY about Gant Gaither:
Gant Gaither's allegorical animal sculptures in Silver and
Gold over Bronze
"Gant Gaither's whimsical paintings of that elite 400 in the animal kingdom - those four-legged bluebloods:
tigers, zebras, Lippizaners, French poodles, pugs, giraffes, cats and hares - are a chuckle of splendidly fresh satire
and infinite imagination
Each oil is a delicious treat
Well worth seeing."
George Christy
TOWN & COUNTRY
"Smashing!
Adorable little creatures."
Anita Loos
Author: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Gigi, etc.
"Theatrical to the core and magnificent theatre at that
It's Gant Gaither, that's who or Dr. Seuss for grown-ups as
we like to think of him."
Camilla Snyder
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
"Gant Gaither's paintings are in the same subtle, humorous style as the classic fables of La Fontaine."
France-Soir
Paris, France
"Mr. Gaither paints in bold colors, and enormous gaiety is engendered by the complex situations he invents for his
private menagerie, who seem to emerge from any circumstances with winning heroism."
Palm Beach Daily News
"You call it allegorical. I call it art. Marvelous!"
Charlotte Curtis
The New York Times
"You'll fall in love with his zany animals. Their frills and foibles are more human than most humans. You may see
Peaceable Kingdom
yourself or your friends wittily spoofed. You'll come away in a rollicking good humor and more than likely the
proud owner of a painting by a man who became the rage of Paris when he exhibited there at the Galerie Weil last
May."
Sloane Simpson
What's Doing in Acapulco
"Gant Gaither has dedicated a great part of his life illustrating the life of his choice Animal Kingdom. All a
fascinating world of humor, especially in the subtle manner with which he presents these mischievous and elegant
animals in his paintings."
Nicolás Sanchez-Osorio
El Heraldo, Mexico City
Among Owners of Gant Gaither's Allegorical Animal Paintings
Ms. Anita Loos, New York. Mrs. Robert E. Sherwood, New York. Mr. & Mrs. Jack Bean (Mitzi Gaynor), Beverly
Hills, CA. Mr. & Mrs. Nicholas D. Biddle, Marbella, Spain. Mr. Valerian Rybar, Paris. Mr. & Mrs. Ivan
Obolensky, New York. Ms. Merle Oberon, Malibu, CA. Ms. Helen Hayes, Nyack, New York. T.S.H. The
Prince & Princess of Monaco, Monaco. Mr. Ryan 'Neal, Malibu, CA. The Don Loper Foundation, UCLA, Los
Angeles. Ms. Pia Lindstrom, New York. Mrs. Harry Gould, Greenwich, Conn. Mr. & Mrs. George Hamilton,
Beverly Hills, CA. Ms. Hermione Gingold, New York. Mr. & Mrs. Andre Dubonnet, Paris. Mr. Dominick
Dunne, Beverly Hills, CA. Mr. & Mrs. Francis Lederer, Canoga Park, CA. Mr. & Mrs. Martin Gabel (Arlene
Francis), New York. The Cole Porter Foundation, New York. Mr. & Mrs. Alan J. Lerner, New York. Ms. Sloane
Simpson, Acapulco, Mexico.
Frogs Frugging on a Lily Pad.
Giselle the Giraffe
DA
Gant Gaither
3
OTHER
GANT GAITHER
ANIMAL FANTASIES
November 29 through December 3, 1966
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED
TO ATTEND THE PREVIEW
AND MEET THE ARTIST
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 5-7 P.M.
HAMMER GALLERIES
51 East 57th Street, New York, N. Y. 10022
PLaza 8-0410
CABLE:
HAMMERGALL, N.Y.
23. CHAUVINISTE
291/4 X 141/4
Foreword
Gant Gaither spent his early years in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Since then art has always played a major role in
his life. He attended the Royal Academy of Art in London, the University of Mexico, and graduated from the University of the
South at Sewanee, Tennessee. He went on to post-graduate school at Yale University, where he studied architecture. It was
during this period that his career first turned toward the theatre. He won a number of awards for his projects, but his engi-
neering professor had doubts about their endurance, and he suggested that Mr. Gaither should design sets for the theatre,
where creativity and imagination were the criteria and permanence was unessential.
Following his professor's advice, Mr. Gaither worked during the summer with a New England stock company as a set
designer. The next winter, at the age of twenty-two, he built his own theatre, The Miami Beach Playhouse, which was com-
pleted in twenty-eight days. Mr. Gaither says, "Despite my professor's concern, the building is still standing!" He was now
thoroughly immersed in the theatre and went on to Broadway productions which include George Kelly's Craig's Wife, Jane
Cowl's last New York appearance in The First Mrs. Fraser, Boris Karloff in The Shop at Sly Corner, and Victor Young's musical
version of Seventh Heaven.
26. Portrait of a Dictator
11½ X 15
8. Pussycat-à-Go-Go
115/8 X 81/2
During his military service in World War II, Mr. Gaither worked with the Air Force's production of Moss Hart's Winged
Victory on Broadway, and served as assistant director to George Cukor for the film version in Hollywood. Later he took a unit
from the production to the Pacific Theatre of Operations, and for these efforts he was awarded the Bronze Star.
After the war, Mr. Gaither went to California where he was an executive producer for Paramount Pictures Cor-
poration. As time went on, he curtailed his production activities to devote himself to writing and his abiding interest
- painting. He wrote a biography, Princess of Monaco, The Story of Grace Kelly, and then combined his talents in a
charming children's book "for adults only," Sally Seal. The illustrations for Sally Seal were exhibited in his first one-man show
at the Hammer Galleries in 1964.
Mr. Gaither's second exhibition of Animal Fantasies, or Zoophisticates, as he calls them, presents various members of
the Kingdom Animalia behaving like their human counterparts, flourishing in surroundings which reveal the follies and foibles
of our society in terms of humor and gentle satire. Mr. Gaither paints in bold colors, and enormous gaiety is engendered by
the complex situations he invents for his private menagerie, who seem to emerge from any circumstance with winning heroism.
The bonne humeur which permeates these paintings is contagious, and the viewer enjoys participating in Mr. Gaither's facile
fantasies and in his genuinely witty attitude toward life and art.
5. Prudence Pig Takes a Holiday
101/4 X 131/8
27. Le Catiche et la Poussiquette
7½ 91/8
21. Vive l'Empereur
29 X 141/4
22. Chicken in a Basket
171/4 X 131/4
18. Roman Holiday
23 171/4
2. Pancho at Teotihucan
141/4 X 18
3. The Ostrichettes
105/8 X 131/2
11. German Paratroops
17½ X 23%
16. Les Touristes
24 X 291/4
25. On Guard
73/4 X 91/4
293/4 X 143/4
34 X 23%
19. Doggie in the Window
15. Camels at Canterbury
341/8 X 231/4
11½ X 15
sh
12. Delta Wedding
17. Pig on a Platter
113/4
83/4 X
23% X 35½
THE
4. H.R.H. Hubert of Hippo
13. Horsecapades
27
23½ X 17½
10. The Long Hot Summer
14. The Bears Who Went South Out of the Cold 21 X
24. Grand Prix
23 x 47
DEALD R. FORD
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The Allegorical Animal Seulptures of Gant Gaither
GISELLE THE GIRAFFE. Her long neck is great for spotting submarines.
$350
HUBERT THE HIPPO. Emperor Nero also wore a crown of laurel leaves
and played his fiddle the night Rome burned.
$425
TALLULAH THE TURTLE. She can outrun any rabbit. Her secret? Catch
the Ladybug-For-Luck riding on her back!
$375
THE LOVERS. Would it blow your mind to watch a big leopard make a
crown of wildflowers for his mate?
$475 pr.
BLEU-BLEU THE BUDDHA. And I thought poodles were French!
$175
FROGS FRUGGING ON A LILYPAD. Move over Fred and Ginger!
$350
ON THE BEACH. Prudence Pig always stays at the cheapest hotel, but
sunbathes at the most expensive.
$250
THE DICTATOR. A Chinese pug dog likes to sit on the softest place he
can find. After the Imperial Government fell, he became a Dictator.
Who else could afford a satin cushion?
$175
LOOK MA, ONE SKI! They do say "fatties" make the most graceful
ski bums.
$400
LEAPFROG. A bear would rather play than work - any day!
$475 pr.
OUTBOARD! The Yorkshire terrier in his sailor cap saw the most
beautiful "boat" drift by. It winked at him. He jumped on the swan's
back and together they sailed away. Forever.
$450
THE KING AND I. Not only sacred and royal, but Siamese cats are trained
to leap off the backs of soldiers in the jungle, right into the faces of
the enemy. Poor enemy!
$450 pr.
PEACEABLE KINGDOM. The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the
leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion
and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Isaiah XI, 6
$200
THE NOSEGAY. Would you believe a mouse that likes to sniff flowers
more than cheese?
$200
CIRCUS BALLET. An unlikely twosome. The horse is a confirmed
alcoholic and the monkey has no sense of balance!
$475
THE PROFESSOR WHO CAME TO DINNER. The mouse is the bravest! Who
else would dare stick out his tongue at a mortal enemy?
$300
CHURCHILL DOWNS. Switcherool
$400
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NEW YORK POST FRIDAY APRIL 19, 1974
Inside Fashion
EUGENIA SHEPPARD
STICK TO THE ANIMALS
G
ANT GAITHER, who built his own Miami Play-
house at the age of 22, designed sets for
Broadway productions and became executive pro-
ducer for Paramount Pictures, has found a new
career that he likes better. His first collection of sculp-
tured animals, along with animal paintings, all slightly
humorous, opened yesterday on Bonwit Teller's second
floor, with a large slice of his world of friends pouring
in to congratulate him.
GANTGAITHER:
studied architecture. and it was at this
point that his professional interest first
THE COMPLETE
turned to theater.
His professors at Yale admired
ARTIST,RULEROF
his designs but didn't think they would
endure. They suggested that he should
THE KINGDOM
design sets for the theater, where
ANIMALIA
creativity and imagination were the
criteria and permanence wasn't really
essential. He followed their advice -
By Pat Phillips Oliver
with a bit of one-upmanship. He built
theater sets, but he built a theater to
:
hold them - the first legitimate theater
in Miami Beach. The Miami Beach
Playhouse stands today. The thing now,
however, is the sermon, not the play.
Gaither sold his theater to a church
Gant Gaither isn't a mere mortal.
when he went into the army at the
He's an experience a juggler of diver-
beginning of World War II.
sified talents with thirteen oranges in
During his military service he
the air most of the time.
worked with the Air Force's production