Amédée Ozenfant

Galerie Larock Granoff, Paris

Private collection, Europe

Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Amédée Ozenfant, 1940, no. 10

Saint Quentin, Musée Antoine Lécuyer, 1985; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mulhouse, 1985-86; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Besançon; Musée des Ursulines, Mâcon, 1886, Amédée Ozenfant,  p. 85, no. 13 (illustrated)

The present work previously belonged to Ezra and Cecile Zilkha, their family of which traced its roots back to ancient Babylon. In the 20^th century, the Zilkhas became prominent international bankers, once called the ‘Rothschilds of the Levant’.

Ezra and Cecile Zilkha’s life in New York reflected this cosmopolitan outlook and deep appreciation of and passion for history. Their apartment overlooking Central Park represented one of the last of the accomplished Fifth Avenue interiors, inspired by the classical grandeur of a Parisian hôtel particulier. It provided a perfect setting for the Zilkhas’ frequent entertaining of international diplomats, artists, politicians and businessmen and their philanthropic activities for the Metropolitan Opera and American Ballet Theater, among others. Displaying important Old Master paintings, 18^th-century French and Continental furniture, objets d’art, sculpture, silver and ceramics, alongside important Impressionist and Modern Art (including Ville nocturne by Ozenfant), this collection combines works ranging from the renowned cabinet maker André-Charles Boulle to Auguste Rodin and Edgar Degas, thereby creating a distinguished and harmonious expression across time, style and space.