"Collections De La Villa De Lady Mendl" 1981 TAJAN, Ader Picard
$600
TAJAN, Ader Picard
w/ 234 lots
Ader Picard Tajan
1981
9 1/2' x 7 1/2"
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Rare auction catalogue, 'Collections de la Villa de Lady Mendl' whose contents were auctioned off in Paris at Hotel George V
Mercredi 9, Decembre 1981-
Contents include: 234 lots replete w/ illustrations galore
Preface by Princesse Ghislaine de Polignac.
Paris. Ader Picard Tajan. Mercredi 9 Decembre 1981. Printed wrappers. [c.80 pages]. Illustrated in b&w and colour. 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). 0.4kg. . French. Very good
The catalogue for the sale of Elsie de Wolfe's art and furniture collection housed in the Villa Trianon at Versailles. The sale included drawings and paintings by artists such as Boucher, Carmontelle, Fragonard, La Tour, Pillement, Tiepolo, Romney, Messel and Vertes. Also auctioned was Lady Mendl's fine collection of French furniture and objets d'art, including a single lot comprised of the 'Décoration de la salle de bal'. There are six images of the furnished Villa before the collection was dispersed.