Ruth Braunstein, Mr. Voulkos's longtime dealer, said the cause was a heart attack.

Paula Cooper, Mr. Andre's longtime dealer, remained a staunch supporter.

The following night, Mary Boone, his longtime dealer, invited 175 people to drink Champagne with him at a hip downtown restaurant.

"I think this will be quite shocking," said Sean Kelly, her longtime dealer.

Her death was announced by the chairman of the PaceWildenstein gallery, Arne Glimcher, her friend and longtime dealer.

Sometimes a bored longtime dealer gets in a groove and releases the ball at exactly the same angle and velocity nearly every time.

The magazine said the battle to represent the artist started two years ago after the death of Mr. de Kooning's longtime dealer, Xavier Fourcade.

Holly Solomon, his longtime dealer, will show new paintings by him in her New York gallery next May.

But Hockney, as his longtime dealer John Kasmin once remarked to me, was a pop artist "for about five minutes", if at all.

But as Paula Cooper, the longtime dealer and SoHo pioneer, recalls, "Until about 25 years ago, women just weren't shown that much."