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11 minutes ago - COPY LINK TO DOWNLOAD : https://aduhkacongbeknasengak.blogspot.com/?book=B09QL8C7RX | $PDF$/READ/DOWNLOAD A Few Collectors | "Funny and whimsical. There are wonderful asides ... It is also poignant."&8212The New York Times Beloved Parisian artist Pierre Le-Tan, known for designing New Yorker magazine covers and collaborations with fashion houses, summons up memories of inveterate art collectors in this utterly charming illustrated volume. He evokes fascinating, sometimes troubled figures through an array of intriguing and curious tales. With seventy of his distinct
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Description "Funy and whimsical. There are wonderful asides ... It is also poignant."8213The New York TimesAn utterly charming book by beloved Parisian artist Pierre Le-Tan, filled with dazzling illustrations and intriguing tales about often eccentric art collectors. Le-Tan, known for designing New Yorker magazine covers and collaborations with fashion houses, summons up memories of inveterate collectors in this lavishly illustrated volume. He evokes fascinating, sometimes troubled figures through insightful and curious portraits. With seventy of his distinctive pen and ink drawings&8213invibrant color with meticulous cross- hatching&8213AFew Collectors opens a window onto the vast or minuscule world created by collectors out of a mix of extravagance and obstinacy. It recounts encounters in Paris, the C&244ted&8217Azu, North Africa, London and New York, where Le-Tan&8217ssubjects have amassed a range of treasures. Some involve famed figures like former Louvre Museum director Pierre Rosenberg. Others are insolvent aristocrats, princes of film and fashion, expatriate dandies, and flat-out obsessive eccentrics. Le-Tan devotes perhaps his finest chapter to himself.
