Leo lerman and gray foy biography

Partner Gray Foy

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Leo Lerman (May 23, 1914 – August 22, 1994) was an American writer and editor who worked for Condé Nast Publications for more than 50 years.^[1] Lerman also wrote for the New York Herald Tribune, Harper's Bazaar, Dance Magazine, and Playbill.^[2]

Lerman was born in New York City, the son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, Ida (née Goldwasser) and Samuel Lerman.^[3] He grew up in East Harlem and Queens, New York.

As a child, he accompanied his house-painter grandfather and father on various jobs in upper-class homes.^[4] He was openly gay.^[5] His partner was Gray Foy (1922-2012), who, before meeting Lerman, had a promising career as a painter: "Dimensions" was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York by actor Steve Martin, Foy's friend.^[6]

 
Leo Lerman by John Koch

Selections from his journals, roughly 10 percent of the writings,^[4] were