Kristen Bearse @kbearse shared this photo from a visit to the The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation at 87 Eldridge Street. She writes:
“This small studio on the 3rd floor of @resnickpasslof is where Milton Resnick worked in the later years of his life. Born in the Ukraine, he immigrated with his family to New York City and lived on the Lower East Side. Visit the foundation and his home in a former synagogue he purchased in the 70s which has been beautifully renovated.”
Ed Litvak wrote about the renovation and the opening of the museum in 2018:
In the 1970s and 1980s, quite a few abandoned synagogues on the Lower East Side were taken over by artists, who repurposed the often crumbling buildings as quirky studio and living spaces. At 87 Eldridge St., the public now has the opportunity to see the work of an especially renowned local artist, but also to experience the inside of one of these converted shuls.
Resnick and Passlof, Abstract Expressionist painters, were married for 40 years, but lived and worked in separate synagogue buildings a few blocks apart. Following Passlof’s death in 2011, her home/studio at 80 Forsyth St. was sold for $6.2 million, most of the proceeds being used by the foundation to renovate the Eldridge Street building and turn it into a museum.
You can read more about it here.
