FRANCE - MARIA STERN (ERNESTA STERN, known as) 1854-1926 - Lot 367

FRANCE - MARIA STERN (ERNESTA STERN, known as) 1854-1926 Set of 4 albums by Maria Stern, woman of letters, presenting high society in Cap Martin: Album "1914 - Cap Martin Madame Kousnetzoff" as Cleopatra, Persian, Spanish. 96 prints. Album "1914-1915 - Personnages", Belgian writer Maurice Maeterlinck, family and artist portraits. 96 prints. Album "1916-1917 - Red Cross Reception at Torre Clementina - Memories of the War", Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, portraits, guests at the reception hosted by Maria Stern, the Princess of Montenegro, General Sir George Elliott and Colonel Tinley commanding the British forces in Marseille, Colonel Garnovsky of the Russian army, Serbian refugee children, Scottish soldiers, Maria Stern receiving the Epidemic Medal. 103 prints. Album "1924-1925 - Characters", the procession of the Queen of the Netherlands on her way to the opening of the Chamber, Prince de Boubon Sicile, Pierre Baruzy, Maria Kousnezoff, Loïe Fuller, Vanni Marcoux, Prince Louis Napoléon, Samuel Hill the king of the USA railroads, officers who took part in the Nice Horse Show, Musidora, Mr Guillot de Saix author of 'Les Oeillets Rouges', Rudolf Valentino's dogs, Prince Radziwill. 96 prints. Images: approx. 8 x 8 cm; albums: 26 x 25 cm Ernesta Stern, known as Maria Stern, wife of banker Louis Stern, built the Villa Torre Clementina in Cap Martin in 1904, where she entertained high society. She wrote the short story "L'Espagnole", which inspired Musidora and Jacques Lasseyne for their 1922 film "Soleil et Ombre".