TRUMAN CAPOTE'S WHITE ROSE PAPERWEIGHT, GIVEN TO HIM BY COLETTE IN PARIS 1948
Faceted glass paperweight, the clear dome cut with a broad circular window to the top and a band of large flat printies around the sides, enclosing a single white flower with a pink center above a spray of pointed green leaves. The flower is of the form paperweight collectors call a clematis; Capote called it a white rose, and the lot follows him.
Given to Capote by Colette at her apartment in the Palais-Royal, Paris, in 1948, shortly after Other Voices, Other Rooms had made his name. Colette kept antique French paperweights in the room where she received visitors. She told Capote to choose one and keep it; this is the one he chose. He wrote about the visit afterward in "The White Rose," and dated his own collecting from that afternoon: "from that moment I became a 'collector.'" Approx. Dimensions: 2 "H x 2.75 "dia
Artist or Maker: Unknown, French
Literature: Truman Capote, The White Rose, collected in The Dogs Bark, 1973.
Provenance: Colette, by whom given to Truman Capote, Paris, 1948; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: colette, white rose, paperweight, french crystal, clematis, baccarat, clichy, saint louis, palais royal, paris 1948, the dogs bark, truman capote, celebrity estate, provenance
Faceted glass paperweight, the clear dome cut with a broad circular window to the top and a band of large flat printies around the sides, enclosing a single white flower with a pink center above a spray of pointed green leaves. The flower is of the form paperweight collectors call a clematis; Capote called it a white rose, and the lot follows him.
Given to Capote by Colette at her apartment in the Palais-Royal, Paris, in 1948, shortly after Other Voices, Other Rooms had made his name. Colette kept antique French paperweights in the room where she received visitors. She told Capote to choose one and keep it; this is the one he chose. He wrote about the visit afterward in "The White Rose," and dated his own collecting from that afternoon: "from that moment I became a 'collector.'" Approx. Dimensions: 2 "H x 2.75 "dia
Artist or Maker: Unknown, French
Literature: Truman Capote, The White Rose, collected in The Dogs Bark, 1973.
Provenance: Colette, by whom given to Truman Capote, Paris, 1948; Gerald Clarke, his biographer
This lot is part of The Magpie and the Swans: The Possessions of Truman Capote, collected over a lifetime between New York and Sagaponack, and preserved since 1984 by his biographer, Gerald Clarke.
Notes: Although care is taken to photograph and describe the item, absence of a condition report does not imply perfect condition. It is the responsibility of the buyer to verify the condition of the item, either in person during our viewing hours prior to auction or through requested condition reports. All bids are final and are subject to our terms and conditions.
Appeal: colette, white rose, paperweight, french crystal, clematis, baccarat, clichy, saint louis, palais royal, paris 1948, the dogs bark, truman capote, celebrity estate, provenance
