After the war , Kahn spent several long periods in Europe between 1948 and 1950 , among other places in Ascona , but when it seemed unlikely he would soon be able to return there permanently , he once more settled in New York . He had a house in Atlantic Beach , Long Island and a studio in Manhattan . After his wife left him , he lived with Ellen Fussing , a Danish-American colleague , with whom he finally returned to Europe . Until 1960 they lived primarily in Switzerland , among other places in Lugano . In 1960 , on vacation in Agadir , he survived a serious earthquake unharmed &mdash; in a sarcophagus . He was evacuated to Denmark with Fussing , settled in North Zealand , and in 1962 opened a studio in Copenhagen
a serious earthquake
1960 Agadir earthquake
Fritz Kahn