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ON THE ORANGE SHOW AND DOMINIQUE DE MENIL. When I began to discuss the Orange Show, I actually met with Dominique de Menil. In the early '80s, I had started doing some trips with her, and she was one of the original donors to the Orange Show, as was Nina Cullinan … Twenty-one people each gave $500; we raised $10,500 … Dominique told me how important the Orange Show was, and that, whatever happened in the future, I should never let it be seen as a children's work of art. She felt that it was a mature work of art; that it deserved to be supported, and it deserved to live. That really made a difference. Some of the first donors were ZZ Top, which was not that surprising. They loved it, and they used to come out there all the time. The first artist that came there was Willem de Kooning; he's the one that called it the best art in the state of Texas. I took Frank Zappa there … oh my gosh, people from everywhere. ON THE DEMEANOR AND CHARACTER OF MR. McKISSACK. He was a Southern gentleman. He had these steely blue eyes, and when he spoke, he looked you right in the eye. Courtly, clean-cut and with a beautiful smile. When he talked about the Orange Show, he would tell you about every one of the materials, and then he would give you a history of where he got them, how he got them, and how he transported them back. He really wanted people to know about how he did it. He was a single man, close to 80 when he died. He never married. He never had children. The Orange Show was his child. LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FALL. The Orange Show Gala (November 2)! "I BEGAN, OVER TIME, TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN IN THE HISTORY OF ART AND SEARCHED OUT THOSE THAT I THOUGHT HAD BEEN UNDEREXPOSED OR UNDERSERVED."— MARILYN OSHMAN Top: Over a rococo-style fireplace, Forrest Prince's mirror work proclaims "Love," while an array of vintage dolls look on. Left: Early toys and dolls fill the bathroom's shelves, niches and alcoves, radiating a unique energy as hundreds of glassy eyes glance about.