Empty Mansions (67 page)
Authors: Bill Dedman
app.1
W. A. C
LARK, SIBLINGS, AND OTHER RELATIVES IN
L
OS
A
NGELES
, 1908,
WITH IDENTIFICATION KEY:
Collection of Newell family.
ins.1
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK
, c. 1943: The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
ins.2
C
LARK MANSION IN
B
UTTE
, M
ONTANA, BUILT
1884–88, 2012: Nicholas K. Geranios © The Associated Press.
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H
UGUETTE
C
LARK WITH HER DOLLS ON THE PORCH OF THE
C
LARK MANSION IN
B
UTTE
, c. 1910–11: Collection of Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
ins.4
W. A., A
NNA
, A
NDRÉE, AND
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK
, c. 1912: Collection of Paul Clark Newell, Jr.
ins.5
A
NNA
E
UGENIA
L
ACHAPELLE
C
LARK
, c. 1912: The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
ins.6
S
ALON
D
ORÉ, A ROOM FROM THE
C
LARK MANSION ON
F
IFTH
A
VENUE, AS INSTALLED AND RENOVATED AT THE
C
ORCORAN
G
ALLERY OF
A
RT
, W
ASHINGTON
, D.C., 2001: © Cris Molina.
ins.7
EDGAR DEGAS,
THE DANCE CLASS
(
ECOLE DE DANSE
), c. 1873: Corcoran Gallery of Art, William A. Clark Collection, 26.74.
ins.8
W. A. C
LARK WITH DAUGHTERS
A
NDRÉE, LEFT, AND
H
UGUETTE, AT
C
OLUMBIA
G
ARDENS IN
B
UTTE
, M
ONTANA
, c. 1917: Montana Historical Society Research Center Photograph Archives.
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D
EMOLITION OF THE
W. A. C
LARK MANSION AT
F
IFTH
A
VENUE AND
S
EVENTY-SEVENTH
S
TREET
, M
AY
1927,
VIEWED FROM
C
ENTRAL
P
ARK:
Philip G. Bartlett, collections of the Museum of the City of New York, negative MNY219182.
ins.10
S
ELF-PORTRAIT BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK, UNSIGNED
, c. 1928: The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
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P
AINTING BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK OF VIEW DOWN
F
IFTH
A
VENUE IN SNOW WITH WINDOW AND
J
APANESE LAMP, UNDATED:
The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
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P
AINTING BY
T
ADÉ
S
TYKA OF
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK PAINTING A NUDE MALE MODEL
, c. 1925: The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
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P
AINTING BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK OF BAREFOOT GEISHA, UNDATED:
The Estate of Huguette M. Clark. Collection of Bill Dedman.
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H
UGUETTE
C
LARK
, c. 1928: © The Associated Press. (Often cited as 1930 at the time of her divorce, but apparently from 1928 at the time of her honeymoon.)
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A
ERIAL VIEW OF THE
C
LARK ESTATE
, B
ELLOSGUARDO, IN
S
ANTA
B
ARBARA
, C
ALIFORNIA
, A
UGUST
2011: © John L. Wiley,
http://flickr.com/jw4pix/
.
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A
ERIAL VIEW OF
S
ANTA
B
ARBARA BEACHES
, B
ELLOSGUARDO, AND THE
A
NDRÉE
C
LARK
B
IRD
R
EFUGE:
© Buddy Moffet.
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L
IBRARY AT
B
ELLOSGUARDO
, c. 1940: Karl Obert.
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A
NNA
C
LARK’S BEDROOM AT
B
ELLOSGUARDO
, c. 1940: Karl Obert.
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A
NDRÉE
C
LARK
, c. 1917: Girl Scout National Historic Preservation Center.
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A
NDRÉE’S
C
OTTAGE
, B
ELLOSGUARDO
, 2011: The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
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S
IGN AT
A
NDRÉE’S
C
OTTAGE
, B
ELLOSGUARDO
, 2011: The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
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A
ERIAL VIEW OF
L
E
B
EAU
C
HÂTEAU
, H
UGUETTE
C
LARK’S COUNTRY RETREAT IN
N
EW
C
ANAAN
, C
ONNECTICUT:
©
Stefenturner.com
via Barbara Cleary’s Realty Guild.
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V
INES GROWING THROUGH SHUTTERS OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN WINDOW OF
L
E
B
EAU
C
HÂTEAU
, 2013: © John Makely. Collection of Bill Dedman.
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E
TIENNE DE
V
ILLERMONT WITH HIS DAUGHTER
, M
ARIE-CHRISTINE, AND A TOY DONKEY
, C
ADICHON, GIVEN TO HER BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK
, c. 1967: The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
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A
NTIQUE
F
RENCH DOLL BY
J
UMEAU PURCHASED BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK ON
M
AY
18, 1993: Sotheby’s, London.
A
NTIQUE
F
RENCH DOLL BY
T
HUILLIER PURCHASED BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK ON
M
AY
18, 1993: Sotheby’s, London.
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M
ODEL OF AN AUTHENTIC
J
APANESE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED FOR
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK TO HER DESIGN BY AN ARTIST IN
J
APAN:
The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
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J
APANESE HINA DOLL OWNED BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK:
The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
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P
HOTO OF
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK WITH
E
ASTER FLOWERS
, c. 1955: The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
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F
URNITURE IN
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK’S BEDROOM
, 907 F
IFTH
A
VENUE
, A
PARTMENT
8W, 2011: The Estate of Huguette M. Clark.
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O
NE OF THREE CHECKS FOR
$5
MILLION WRITTEN TO
H
ADASSAH
P
ERI BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK:
Surrogate’s Court of New York County, case 1995-1375A.
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H
ADASSAH
P
ERI:
Peri family. E
DGAR
D
EGAS,
D
ANCER
M
AKING
P
OINTS
(
DANSEUSE FAISANT DES POINTES
), 1879–80: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.
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V
IOLIN
“
LA
P
UCELLE” BY
A
NTONIO
S
TRADIVARI
, 1709: The Fulton Collection, © David Fulton.
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A
RT
D
ECO DIAMOND AND MULTI-GEM CHARM BRACELET
, c. 1925,
OWNED BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK:
Christie’s, New York. Other jewelry in her collection is pictured at
http://nbcnews.com/clark/
.
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E
MERALD, PEARL, AND DIAMOND EAR PENDANTS BY
C
ARTIER, EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, OWNED BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK:
Christie’s, New York.
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A
RT
D
ECO DIAMOND BRACELET BY
C
ARTIER
, c. 1925,
OWNED BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK:
Christie’s, New York.
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A
RT
D
ECO EMERALD AND DIAMOND BRACELET BY
C
ARTIER
, c. 1925,
OWNED BY
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK:
Christie’s, New York.
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V
IEW FROM THE ROOF OF
907 F
IFTH
A
VENUE
, 2013 © John Makely. Collection of Bill Dedman.
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V
IEW FROM
H
UGUETTE
C
LARK’S LAST REGULAR ROOM AT
B
ETH
I
SRAEL
M
EDICAL
C
ENTER
, R
OOM
3K01, T
HIRD
F
LOOR
, K
ARPAS
P
AVILION
, 2012: © Bill Dedman.
W. A. Clark is pictured here in 1908 in Los Angeles with most of his siblings, as well as other relatives. The photo without the key appears on
this page
.
1
.
W. A. Clark
.
2
.
Mary Margaret Miller, W.A.’s sister, who with her husband, Ted, established department stores in Jerome and Clarkdale to serve W.A.’s Arizona mining towns
.
3
.
James Ross “J. Ross” Clark, W.A.’s brother and partner in banking and other businesses
.
4
.
Miriam Evans Clark, wife of J. Ross; Miriam’s sister Margaret married Marcus Daly, W.A.’s adversary in Montana business and politics
.
5
.
Walter Clark, son of J. Ross and Miriam, who died four years later, at age twenty-seven, in the sinking of the
Titanic.
6
.
Virginia McDowell Clark, Walter’s wife, who survived the
Titanic
disaster in a lifeboat with Madeleine Astor (Mrs. John Jacob Astor IV) and soon remarried, beginning a battle with her in-laws over custody of her son
.
7
.
Amanda “Elie” Clark, onetime belle of Butte and widow of W.A.’s brother Joseph Kithcart Clark
.
8
.
Anna Belle Clark, unmarried sister of W.A
.
9
.
Effie Ellen “Ella” Clark Newell, youngest sister of W.A. and grandmother of co-author Paul Clark Newell, Jr
.
10
.
The Reverend James Newell, husband of Ella and grandfather of co-author Newell
.
11
.
Elizabeth Clark Abascal, sister of W.A., who traveled to Paris with her two daughters as chaperone for Anna LaChapelle before Anna became W.A.’s second wife.
12
.
Anita Abascal, daughter of Elizabeth, niece of W.A
.
13
.
Mary Abascal, daughter of Elizabeth, niece of W.A
.
14
.
Alice McManus Clark, wife of W. A. Clark, Jr., and stepmother of W.A. III
.
15
.
Paul Clark Newell, nephew of W.A. and father of co-author
.
16
.
W. A. Clark III, grandson of W.A., known by the family as Tertius
.
17
.
Mrs. Groshan, not a relative. The only siblings of W.A. who lived to maturity but who are not pictured here died before 1908: Sarah Ann Clark Boner and Joseph K. Clark.
