1. Larry Rivers’ Early Pathway as
Jazz Musician & Artist
By Troy Buckner

2. Introduction
• Based in Southampton, NY, private art dealer
Troy Buckner spends much of his time in
Manhattan interacting with professionals in the
industry. He previously owned Clark Fine Art in
Southampton and exhibited the works of such
artists as Donald Sultan, John Chamberlain, and
Chuck Close. Troy Buckner also displayed the
work of Larry Rivers and his gallery received
particular attention for the one-man show "Lost
Drawings from the 50s and 60s.”

3. Jazz Musician & Artist
• Born in the 1920s, Rivers was also an accomplished
jazz musician and poet who studied at the Juilliard
School of Music and became friends with Miles
Davis and Charlie Parker. Taking an extended
sojourn to Paris in the early 1950s, he became close
with Frank O’Hara and had his first sculptural
exhibition at New York’s Stable Gallery in 1954. He
subsequently carved out a distinct reputation at the
nexus between abstract expressionism and the
emerging pop art sensibility. Larry Rivers is well
known for his seminal influence on Andy Warhol.
His legacy continues to this day through a
foundation in his name.