Lot Essay
Mr. Sterner worked as an illustrator for magazines such as Life and Harpers, and was commissioned to paint portraits for members of the Vanderbilt, Whitney and LaMont families
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ALBERT STERNER, 1915
Details
'MISS ELSIE DE WOLFE', A PASTEL ON PAPER
Albert Sterner, 1915
31 x 25in. (79 x 63.5cm.), framed
Albert Sterner, 1915
31 x 25in. (79 x 63.5cm.), framed
Literature
Jane Smith, Elsie de Wolfe, A Life in the High Style, 1988. The offered lot always hung in the State Bedroom at the' Villa Trianon', and was used as the cover illustration for Smith's book