





Client: Irene Lewis & Mitchell Kurtz
Location: New York City, CA, United States
Completion date: 1998
Artwork budget: $2,500
Project Team
Artist
Barry Michlin
Barry Michlin Photography
Client
Irene Lewis & Mitchell Kurtz
Overview
The clients, Mitchell Kurtz and Irene Lewis had chosen the three images for their West End Avenue apartment in New York. Each photos is approximately 16″ x 20.” They wanted 'dramatic' images that would compliment their simple Coop Apartment spaces.
Goals
The clients, both working in theater: Irene Lewis is a stage director and was the director/administrative producer for Baltimore Repertory for over fifteen years and Mitchell Kurtz design theaters. They had resided in Manhattan for over thirty years. Indeed, they wanted 'Theatrical' Images in their New York Apartment. Their tastes, in general, run simple and they liked the Barry Michlin Photography Images for their dramatic and 'Artistic' flavor.
Process
The clients, Mitchell Kurtz and Irene Lewis and the photographer, Barry Michlin, chose the 'especial' images over a two year period. Mitchell and Irene were very careful and discerning in their choices to compliment their large but simple interior designed apartment a colorful, fine-art splurge.