ART
A group of 4 works, most SIGNED OR INSCRIBED TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT:
1) CARDOZO, Christopher. Edward S. Curtis One Hundred Masterworks. Munich et al: Delmonico Books, 2015. INSCRIBED BY CARDOZO TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: “For Madeleine with warm wishes, Christopher Cardozo June 2015.”
2) DAY, Judith Hughes, editor. Fine Contemporary Vietnamese Art Poetic Reflections. Hong Kong: Galerie La Vong, 1994. Provenance: Vi Peterson, gifted to: Madeleine Albright (gift inscription, Hanoi, 9 June 1999). FIRST EDITION.
3) PAPARONI, Demetrio. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. Milan: Alberico Cetti Serbelloni Editore, 2001. FIRST EDITION. ASSOCIATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY GREENFIELD-SANDERS TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: “For Madeleine with love & great admiration Timothy Greenfield-Sanders -NYC- 2003.”
4) WEEMS, Carrie Mae. Kitchen Table Series. Bologna, Italy: Damiani and Matsumoto Editions, 2016. SIGNED BY WEEMS.
Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, all in original bindings (condition generally very good).
Secretary Albright saw art and cultural diplomacy as important tools of foreign policy, which she often utilized as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and as the Secretary of State: “Cultural diplomacy is a very important part of the toolbox. Of trying to show who we are by the kind of art that we create and are able to inspire people with, and at the same time learn an awful lot about other people’s cultures by the art that they have” (ArtSpeak, Democratic National Convention, 4 September 2012).
Provenance for the lot: Secretary Madeleine K. Albright (inscriptions, bookplates).
