Few Collectors

Beloved Parisian artist Pierre Le-Tan, known for designing New Yorker magazine covers and collaborations with fashion houses, summons up memories of inveterate art collectors in this utterly charming, illustrated volume. With seventy of his distinctive pen and ink drawings - in vibrant colour with meticulous cross-hatching - A Few Collectors opens a window onto the vast or minuscule world created by collectors out of a mix of extravagance and obstinacy. It recounts encounters in Paris, the Céte d'Azur, North Africa, London and New York, where Le-Tan's subjects have amassed a range of treasures