Willard spent 1938–1940 in association with J.B. Neumann who was turning to selling old masters to supplement the sale of contemporary art.
We made similar arrangements with the work of Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger and David Smith.
I had been in contact with Mark Tobey and Morris Graves since 1939 and was to launch their work during the early forties...
If we sold a Tobey for $350.00 there was rejoicing and celebration with the artist, who got a tremendous lift from such a sale.
1957 September 25 – October 20, 1962 November 2 – December 4, 1965 October 24 – November 25, 1967 October 26 – November 27, 1971 April 23 – May 2, 1974 Selection from the collection of Arthur Dahl: October 15 – November 16, 1974 Treiman, Joyce March 1 – 26, 1960 Varda, Jean April 25 – May 10, 1936 May 5 – 24, 1941 Vieira Da Silva, Maria Helena April 8 – 27, 1946 Vital, Not February 2 – 27, 1985 Wardy, Frederick January 5 – February 9, 1973 April 19 – May 24, 1975 March 3 – 31, 1977 January 6 – 25, 1979 January 3 – 28, 1980 Watts, Todd September 30 – October 26, 1978 Westerlund, Mia February 12 – March 16, 1978 November 22 – December 23, 1975 Wilson, Ann The Riderless Boat: February 8 – March 11, 1972 Wizon, Tod December 2 – 20, 1980 May 11 – June 16, 1982 Yeats, Jack B March 6 – 31, 1962 Youngblood, Daisy October 6 – 31, 1979 March 7 – April 4, 1981 Zion, Ben November 1 – 15, 1937 French-Canadian Primitives: November 30 – December 24, 1937 Art and Commerce: 1942 American Sculpture of Our Time: January 5 – 23, 1943 7 Years: Retrospective Exhibition: December 6 – 13, 1943 Atelier 17: May 15 – June 2, 1945 American Folk Art: September 28 – October 17, 1953; November 29 – December 31, 1955; October 15 – November 9, 1957; October 6 – 31, 1959; November 1 – 25, 1961 Japanese Screens: December 1, 1954 – January 8, 1955; October 30 – November 24, 1956; December 1 – 31, 1960 A Group of Exceptional Drawings: January 3 – 28, 1956 Salute to Modern Art, U.S.A: 1956 Sculpture, Various Times and Cultures: January 3 – 26, 1957 Indian Miniatures: 1957 Heroic Encounter: February 4 – March 1, 1958 CORE Auction: 1961 American Folk Art Stony Point Folk Art Gallery January 14 – February 15, 1964 January 7 – 31, 1965 Decoys: December 1 – 21, 1971 Introductions 1936–1948: January 3 – 27, 1962 Dynamics of Black and White: April 3 – 28, 1962 Opening show at 29 E 72: December 1963 Black, White, and Color: January 4 – 29, 1966 Willard Gallery 30th Anniversary: December 13 – January 7, 1967 Prints from Czechoslovakia: November 17 – December 19, 1970 Art for Peace: September 19 – 26, 1970 Intimate Selections of the American Spirit: March 16 – April 17, 1971 Dimensions: March 21 – April 15, 1972 Spring: April 25 – May 27, 1972 William Pettet, Fred Wardy, Randy Hardy, James Reineking: May 15 – June 16, 1973 Contemporary Drawings: December 4 – 29, 1973 New Talent Festival: June 4 – 15, 1974 Selections: February 7 – March 4, 1976 Abstract Images: January 4 – February 3, 1977 Jeffrey Lew, Joan Thorne, Robert Lobe, Michel Tetherow: May 19 – June 21, 1979 Whiter Black Drawings: December 1 – 23, 1982 Selected Drawings by Eleven Artists: September 14 – October 6, 1984 Willard Gallery 50th Anniversary Part 1: April 10 – May 10, 1986 Part 2: May 15 – June 27, 1986 Drawings: December 6 – 24, 1986 Prints: February 5 – March 7, 1987