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SUMMARY:gertrude-vanderbilt-whitneys-gold-lam-and-purple-velvet-gown-attrib
 uted-to-charles-james-circa-1940 - Date de vente : 17/06/2025
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney’s gold lamé and pu
 rple velvet gown\, attributed to Charles James\, circa 1940\n\nGertrude Va
 nderbilt Whitney’s gold lamé and purple velvet gown\, attributed to Cha
 rles James\, circa 1940\n\nHenri Bendel New York label\, and additional la
 bel stamped with: ’MRS.H.P.WHITNEY 5979 x 40’\, of complex constructio
 n\, with hanging swags falling from the hips\, pleated back panels\, pleat
 ed bow to bust\, purple velvet straps\, trim and back panel\, internal bon
 ing and breast pads\, bust 81cm 32in\, waist approx 61cm\, 24in\n\nThe Van
 derbilt Whitney Family\nAuction: Richard Stedman Estate Services LLC\, Tam
 pa\, FL\, USA\, ’Vanderbilt Family Gardens Archive 9 Estates’\, July 2
 2\, 2023\, lot 11\nPrivate Collection\nThe present owner\n\nMrs H. P. Whit
 ney\, wife of American businessman Harry Payne Whitney\, and better known 
 as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney was a prolific sculptor\, painter and\, per
 haps most prominently\, a patron of the arts. She was born into great weal
 th as a Vanderbilt before marrying into the Whitney family\, which allowed
  her to amass a formidable collection of art during her lifetime. Her tast
 es were somewhat radical\, supporting American and female artists in the f
 ace of a typically male and Europe-centric mood of the day. In 1929\, she 
 offered to donate her 700-piece collection of American Art to the Metropol
 itan Museum of Art in New York\, promising\, as well\, to build a new wing
  to house it all. However\, as the MET would not accept American art at th
 e time\, her offer was declined. She chose instead then\, to open her own 
 ’Whitney Museum of American Art’ in 1930 to house her collection and c
 ontinue to promote the modernising influence of American art in the broade
 r aesthetic sphere.\n\nA talented artist in her own right\, she also house
 d several artists near her Greenwhich Village studio and paid stipends to 
 help make ends meet. She often hosted elaborate parties in her Long Island
  estate where painters and sculptors intermingled with celebrities and exo
 tic animals. No doubt\, this magnificent dress by American couturier Charl
 es James would have been perfectly suited to one of these influential even
 ts that aimed to further the cause of American cultural identity.\n\nShare
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