Philip Anthony Roth ’64

Tony died July 15, 1992, of lung cancer while living in London. He was 49.

A native Californian, Tony attended University High School in Los Angeles before coming to Princeton. Majoring in art and archaeology, he also found time to be on the golf team. He earned a master's in art history at Harvard, moved to Florence, and then moved to London, where he remained.

A distinguished international art dealer and a respected art historian, he taught art history in England for several years at Beaver College and established himself during the 1980s as one of London's leading specialists in European sculpture. His many discoveries included masterpieces by artists as varied as Andrea del Verrocchio and Gianlorenzo Bernini. In 1991 he received the first Leonard D'Oro prize for discovering a previously unknown terra-cotta model of The Executioner by del Verrocchio.

Tony married Priscilla Brandschaft, a psychoanalyst at London's Tavistock Clinic, in 1969 and they had two sons, Gabe and Zack. He was laid back, immensely charming, and had a wonderful sense of humor; there were few art dealers and art historians in London with whom it was more fun to spend time.

To Priscilla and her sons, we extend deepest condolences.

The Class of 1964