23. Everything To Fear

Even as the economy worsened here and in Europe during the early 1930s, Mim and I had a lot to be thankful for. Certainly my resources were stretched, since fewer people could afford to purchase fine art. On the other hand, artists gave me paintings in exchange for boarding as guests in my home, and I later sold many of the paintings at my gallery—and gave the artists a decent share of the sale.

Ephraim struggled to keep all four of his assistants in the print shop, even though business was sl...