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CHRISTIES CHAMP SOLEIL : RUSSELL B. AITKEN COLLECTIONS

CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK CHAMP SOLEIL: FUNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS FROM THE RUSSELL B. AITKEN COLLECTION THE LEGENDARY HUNTER, ARTISTS AND COLLECTOR NEW YORK NOVEMBER 25TH 2003 THIS CATALOG CONTAINS 276 PAGES AND 522 LOTS WITH : EUROPEAN FURNITURE, SCULPTURE, DECORATIVE ARTS, RUGS, CARPETS, SILVER, CERAMICS, GLASS, 19TH CENTURY SCULPTURE, ASIAN WORKS OF ART, BOOKS, 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART, OLD MASTER PAINTINGS,OLD MASTER DRAWINGS, PRINTS. A WELL-TRAVELED LIFE Even Ernest Hemingway would have found it tough to keep up with Russell B. Aitken. The sports enthusiast and man of letters had an outsize appetite for the thrill of the chase, and an artist s eye. Among his accomplishments: his artworks are owned by the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney; he was a published adventure writer; he was America s best skeet marksman in 1949; and while doing graduate studies in Austria he found time to become an expert equestrian, skier and fencer. Thanks to four decades of going on safari, he mastered three African languages. In between, he managed to furnish Champ Soleil, his house in Newport, Rhode Island, with European antiques and his collection of wildlife art. Several previous sales have featured his outstanding American wildfowl decoys and African tribal arts, and on November 25 the furnishings from Champ Soleil (On the Market, Collection, March 2003) will constitute the final sale of his considerable possessions. Top lots at the Christie s New York auction From the Home of Russell B. Aitken, Souvenirs from a Lifetime of Travel include an imposing marquetry bibliothèque, a cabinet bookshelf with brass inlay and ormolu mounts, made ca. 1720 by André-Charles Boulle. A carved and painted wood stag with real antlers (left), made in the mid-18th century, has the charm of a folk art piece. And Aitken s own set of Louis Vuitton travel cases (above) will also be auctioned. If these trunks could talk, they would undoubtedly tell tales of travels to the earth s four corners. sale 1329 b-2 s-3


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