hare with amber eyes: a hidden inheritance
TitleThe hare with amber eyes: a hidden inheritance
Author
Call number920.0092924/0022
Object number07977
Place of publicationNew York, New York, United States
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Year of publication
2010
Physical description354p.
MaterialBook
ISBN9780312569372
Description
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.