A Madison Avenue Gallery

November 1972 - April 1976

He was now focused on finding a gallery to show his work. This eventually paid off, and the Ligoa Duncan Gallery, with a good Madison Avenue address, took him on. This led to shows in both New York and Paris. Sales, however, were few.

Once he had secured a gallery and the focus that gave him dissipated, he began to drink more, which affected his health, and in the summer of 1973, he was once again complaining about weakness in his knees.

By the spring of 1975, he was having serious difficulties but was refusing to see a doctor despite the efforts of his brother Alex and his sister Daphne. He had a new neighbour, Martha Williams, who was helping him out, and he was having another show at the Duncan Gallery. This halted his decline for a time. However, by the spring of 1976, his condition had deteriorated, and he was increasingly unable to look after himself. Abie, Hugh's landlord, contacted Alex, who, as Hugh later put it, "kidnapped" him and sent him to their brother Victor in Trinidad.