{"product_id":"a-few-collectors-9781954404045","title":"A Few Collectors","description":"\u003cp\u003eFunny and whimsical. There are wonderful asides ... It is also poignant.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 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 \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e 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--in vibrant color with meticulous cross-hatching--\u003ci\u003eA Few Collectors\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Côte d'Azur, North Africa, London and New York, where Le-Tan's subjects 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe-Tan, Pierre:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePierre Le-Tan\u003c\/b\u003e was an internationally renowned French illustrator who designed whimsical and stylish covers for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and many other magazines including \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as book covers for works by his friend Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano. Le-Tan died in 2019 at age sixty-nine. A year and a half later, over four hundred objects that filled his Paris apartment, a high-ceilinged cabinet of curiosities on the Place du Palais-Bourbon, were auctioned off to passionate admirers of his taste.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWise, Michael Z.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMichael Z. Wise\u003c\/b\u003e is the publisher of New Vessel Press.","brand":"New Vessel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647220257042,"sku":"9781954404045","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_64a43d67-e367-4580-adc1-49d42a29d9d0.jpg?v=1733198603","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-few-collectors-9781954404045","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}