Frank Modell

In person and in his drawings, Frank Modell presented his friends and fans with different but companionable reactions—attention, concern, and an imminent expectation of delight. His gaze was mature and alert, but a wry smile often flickered near the corners of his mouth: something awaited. He was seriously, invariably funny. Also boyish, even in his nineties. Women adored him—some of them all his life—but so did his male friends, without envy. Years ago, when my wife Carol and I were coming home after a party, she said, “Frank Modell is the most charming man in the world!”