Name/Title
Drawing of Patricia Clare O'Grady by Joseph R. Denaro, 1980Entry/Object ID
2020.59.1Description
Acc. No. 20.59.1
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda, shipbuilding – Stone Boatyard
Date of Period: 1980
Object: drawing, framed
Description: black and white drawing of a woman half-seated in three-quarter profile on a chair, in a blue mat, in a simple aluminum style frame, with corrugated cardboard backing. Signed J. Denaro. On backing, written in lower right corner: “Pat”, Oct. 1980, J. R. Denaro”. A piece of white paper has been taped to the backing with written in black marker in a different hand: “To Bert from Patsy - with love”, “Christmas 1980”.
History of Object: Drawing, by noted New York Fashion Illustrator and docent at Parson’s School of Design, Joseph R. Denaro, of Patricia Clare O’Grady (September 12, 1933 – March 22, 2018), a New York actress for 50 years and granddaughter of W.F. Stone and niece of Lester F. Stone of the Stone Shipbuilding company, sister of Roberta S. O’Grady and daughter of Ethel Stone O’Grady of Alameda. Born in Oakland, she may have attended Saint Joseph’s Notre Dame High School c. 1947- 1951 (to be confirmed). Bert and Patsy were likely childhood nicknames of the sisters.
Trivia note: by refusing updates to the apartment, and thanks to rent control, Patricia paid a rent in Manhattan close to what she paid 50 years earlier; about $28.43 per month in 2018.
Acquired from: Roberta S. Grady
Donated, c. 2019; Cataloged: 10/16/2020
