KENTUCKY ART & FASHION Cecil BEATON, Salvador DALI
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E N T H U S I A S T ART BOOKS and FINE ART We purchase Artist Estates as well as art libraries and our goal is to provide a constantly replenished veritable "candystore" of rare and out-of-print books, catalogs and fine art for the lover of American and European prints and paintings... We are offering the following: "KENTUCKY COUNTESS, Mona Bismarck in Art and Fashion", University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, 1997. Soft Cover. Book Condition: MINT. Quarto size. 76 pages; color frontispiece by Dali; many b/w photographs by Cecil Beaton, including a small 'portfolio' of 5 photos circa 1930. A colorful character, Mona was born Mona Travis Strader in Louisville, Kentucky in 1897 to Robert Sims Strader and his wife, Bird O'Shockeny. Married Harrison Williams. In 1933, Mona was named "The Best Dressed Woman in the World" by Chanel, Molyneux, Vionnet, Lelong and Lanvin, becoming the first American to be so honored. The Duchess of Windsor (1934) and Elsie de Wolfe (1935) would also earn that title. In "Ridin' High", (1936) Cole Porter sang: "What do I care if Mrs. Harrison Williams is the best dressed woman in town?" In 1943, Mona's portrait was painted by Salvador Dalí. RARE ephemera for the serious collector! **********See below for our COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNTS! PLEASE READ the description provided above carefully prior to purchase,
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