“Shortly after signing their prenuptial agreement the morning of Dec. 7 in Miami, Barbara Guggenheim and Alan Joel Patricof were, as usual, watching the clock. Not because they were counting the days until they were married — they are so in love, both said, that this was a given — but because that’s what their lifestyles dictate. Ms. Guggenheim, 77, and Mr. Patricof, 89, have known each other since the early 1970s. Both were living in Manhattan when a mutual friend, the art historian Jonathan Brown, brought them together for dinners on the town. They were a party of six in those days: Ms. Guggenheim and an art dealer boyfriend, Mr. Patricof and his wife, Susan, and Mr. Brown and his wife, Sandra. The meet-ups were infrequent, and the company was memorable. Mr. Patricof liked Ms. Guggenheim’s passion for art, and her hustle. Mr. Patricof is still chairman emeritus at a venture capital firm. Meanwhile, Ms. Guggenheim is still president at her founded art advisory company Guggenheim, Asher Associates. The couple had no children but several homes.”
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