Library of Pierre Le-Tan, Seventh Arrondissement, Paris
2021
One of France's foremost illustrators, Pierre Le-Tan (1950–2019) was also a celebrated collector. His 1,650-square-foot apartment in Paris’s Seventh Arrondissement, the library of which is shown here, teemed with the troves of books, artwork, and furniture he acquired over five decades—from 16th century Persian textiles, Renaissance sculpture, and Japanese weapons to sketches by Giacometti and Warhol. Many of these treasures came up for auction in March 2021 at Sotheby's Paris. Le-Tan wrote of collecting, “The idea of speculation has never crossed my mind, nor that of ‘decoration.’ Collecting is both indispensable and perfectly useless to me.”
Dimensions:
Height: 37 cm x Width: 33 cm
Medium
Oil on Panel
Condition
New
Medium
Oil on Panel
Condition
New
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