Overview
- Summary
- Traces the parallel stories of nineteenth-century art patron Charles Ephrussi and his unique collection of 360 miniature netsuke Japanese ivory carvings, documenting Ephrussi's relationship with Marcel Proust and the impact of the Holocaust on his cosmopolitan family.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
- Locale
- England
London
Europe - Edition
- 1st American ed
- Contents
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Paris 1871-1899
Vienna 1899-1938
Vienna Kövecses, Tunbridge Wells, Vienna 1938-1947
Tokyo 1947-2001
Tokyo, Odessa, London 2001-2009. - Notes
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"Originally published in 2010 by Chatto & Windus, Great Britain, as The hare with amber eyes: a hidden inheritance"--T.p. verso.
Paris 1871-1899 -- Vienna 1899-1938 -- Vienna Kövecses, Tunbridge Wells, Vienna 1938-1947 -- Tokyo 1947-2001 -- Tokyo, Odessa, London 2001-2009.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780374105976
0374105979 (alk. paper) - Physical Description
- 354 p. : ill., maps, geneal. table ; 22 cm.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Netsukes--Private collections--England--London. Art--Collectors and collecting--Europe--Biography. Jewish bankers--Europe--Biography. Jewish businesspeople--Europe--Biography. Ephrussi family. Ephrussi, Charles,--1849-1905--Art collections. De Waal, Edmund--Travel--Europe. De Waal, Edmund--Family.
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- 2010-11-29 10:27:00
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