Letters to Camondo / Edmund de Waal.
Publication details: London : Chatto & Windus, 2021.Description: 182 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cmISBN:- 9781784744311
- Camondo, Moise de, comte, 1860-1935
- Camondo, Moïse de, comte, 1860-1935
- Camondo, Moïse de, comte, 1860-1935 -- Art collections
- Camondo family
- De Waal, Edmund -- Correspondence
- Camondo, Moïse de, comte, 1860-1935 -- Correspondence
- Camondo family
- Camondo, Moïse de, comte, 1860-1935
- De Waal, Edmund
- Camondo, Moïse de, comte, 1860-1935 -- Art collections
- Camondo, Moise de, comte, 1860-1935 -- Art collections
- Camondo, Moïse de, comte, 1860-1935 -- Family
- Camondo, Moïse de, comte, 1860-1935
- Camondo family
- Musée Nissim de Camondo
- Musee Nissim de Camondo -- History
- Musée Nissim de Camondo -- History
- Musée Nissim de Camondo
- Musée Nissim de Camondo -- History
- Musée Nissim de Camondo
- Imaginary letters
- Art -- France -- Paris -- Collecting and collectors
- Antisemitism
- Families
- Imaginary letters
- Jewish capitalists and financiers
- Antisemitism -- France -- History
- Jewish capitalists and financiers -- France -- Paris -- Biography
- Art -- Private collections -- France -- Paris
- Art -- Collectors and collecting -- France
- France
- France -- Paris
- Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- 707.5 23
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 707.5 DEW | Available | 062814 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Count Moïse de Camondo lived a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears, the Ephrussi, first encountered in his bestselling memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes. Like the Ephrussi, the Camondos were part of belle époque high society. They were also targets of anti-semitism. Camondo created a spectacular house and filled it with the greatest private collection of French eighteenth-century art for his son to inherit. But when Nissim was killed in the First World War, it became a memorial and, on the Count's death, was bequeathed to France. The Musée Nissim de Camondo has remained unchanged since 1936. Edmund de Waal explores the lavish rooms and detailed archives and uncovers new layers to the family story. In a haunting series of letters addressed to the Count, he tells us what happened next.
