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Interiers Francais Presentes Par Jean Badovici, Architecte

1925

Elegant colour menswear advert c1843 image on board depicting three Parisien boulevardiers for a gentleman's clothier Board Sz: 30 1/4"H x 20 1/2"W

w/ 356 lots Sotheby Parke Bernet New York October 8-9, 1976 9 1/4" x 8 3/4" Ronald Tree was a former editor of Forum Magazine who had moved to England in the 1930s and set up residence in the magnificent Ditchley Park Manor. A member of Parliament, Tree was also a friend of Churchill, who visited Ditchley Park often during the Second World War. After the war the Trees packed up the “country house” contents of the manor and moved it to New York, where they lived until the contents were sold at this auction. A wonderful auction of “country manor” furnishings and decorations. Churchill smoked and drank in these chairs... While involved with Huston and married to FitzGerald, Marietta began an affair with Ronald Tree, who was a grandson of retail magnate Marshall Field and MP for Harborough, Leicestershire. Tree and Peabody divorced their spouses at the end of World War II and married on July 26, 1947. Marietta moved into Tree's home, Ditchley Park, but found herself bored with English country life. Tree and most of his friends were Conservatives, and Democrat Marietta again found herself politically isolated. Their daughter Penelope was born in 1949. Short of money, Tree sold Ditchley and agreed to return to New York City with Marietta, her daughter Frances Fitzgerald and their own daughter, future '60s fashion model Penelope Tree...

Charming watercolour depicting ten 'motley' characters reporting for duty Art Sz: 9'H x 14"W Frame Sz: 15"H x 20"W

Pen & ink drawing by F.W. (LL) depicting two dapper racecourse gents enquiring, Are they engaged? Yes, but she won't marry him until he gives up the "ring" Art Sz: 13 3/4"H x 9 3/4"...

V.A., Artistes Italiens contemporains, Stabilimento grafico Foa, Torin, 1927. Vol in 8°, pp. 209, cm 25x1.5x22. In French. Catalogue of the "Exposition d'Artistes Italians Contemporaines", Musée Rath, Genève, February 1927. Vary rare and interesting volume on the artists who joined the exhibition: Felice Carena, Carlo Carrà, Felice Casorati, Gigi Chessa, Ernesto de Fiori, Achille Funi, Nicola Galante, Pietro Marussig, Francesco Menzio...

Apogee De La Geometrie Curviligne" Folio A rare publication of a catalogue for an exhibition of European mid-century design in October 1983 which was wide ranging in the exhibits on ...

Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N° 7 (double) J...

Pour une Renaissance de la Peinture Français by Jacques Baschet. Paris: Édition S.N.E.P. Illustration, 1946. Soft cover with French text. 114 pp. An oversized art book on the rebirth...