Sala, Laura Bayer

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role

Collector

dates

1874-1961

city

New York City

state

NY

other cities

Paris, France; Antibes, France;

sex

F

historical notes

Laura Bayer Sala, nee Laura Bache Kayser, was an art collector and daughter of silk glove and hosiery manufacturer Julius Kayser, founder of Julius Kayser and Co.

Her mother, nee Henrietta Bache, was also a collector (French decorative arts) and her uncle, Jules S. Bache (1861-1944), was a financier and art collector. Laura Bache Kayser married Edwin Stanton Bayer (1870–1929) in 1895; in 1933, she married the art dealer and former French diplomat Count Antoine de Sala (1876–1946).

Dr. Walter Heil published an essay on French art from the Bayer collection in Pantheon in 1928. In addition, there were two sales solely featuring works of art from Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Bayer's art collection:
-Paris, 1933, Galerie Charpentier: Tableaux anciens; œuvres des écoles primitives et de la Renaissance par Bartolommeo Veneto, Corneille de Lyon, Lucas Cranach, Adriaen Isenbrant, Le Maître des Demi-Figures de Femme, Bartolommeo Montagna, Ludger Tom Ring, Sano De Pietro, Sassetta, etc.
-New York, 1961, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc.: The Countess Sala Collection of French Furniture Bronze Dore, Paintings, Sculptures, Porcelains, Ailver, Tapestries, Rugs Nov. 17 & 18, 1961.

decades
of activity

1910-1920
1920-1930
1930-1940
1940-1950
1950-1960

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