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De Wolfe, Elsie, 1865-1950 print view role Collector dates 1865-1950 city Versailles other cities New York, NY; London, United Kingdom; country France sex F historical notes Elsie de Wolfe, née Ella Anderson de Wolfe and aka Lady Mendl or Elsie de Wolfe Mendl, was an art collector, interior designer, actress and socialite. As well as jewelry, De Wolfe collected the fine and decorative arts. According to the Catalogue of Loan Exhibitions of Portraits of the Art Institute and Exhibition Committee of the Municipal Art League of Chicago from 1905, De Wolfe lent her Giovanni Boldini portrait of herself to the exhibition. decades of activity 1880-1890 1890-1900 1900-1910 1910-1920 1920-1930 1930-1940 1940-1950 updated 10/31/2024 13:33:23 bibliographic search Search Frick Art Reference Library Catalog Search Photoarchive Search Worldcat Search Library of Congress Name Authority File (LCNAF) Search Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Search Wikidata Entry Archives/Repository Collection Title Collection Details Museum of the City of New York Photograph Collections Elsie de Wolfe, Byron Company Collection (1895-1898) see details... Museum of the City of New York Photograph Collections Elsie de Wolfe [residence]: The Samuel H. (Samuel Herman) Gottscho (1875-1971) Collection see details... Museum of the City of New York Photograph Collections House of Washington Irving: Byron Company Collection (1895-1898) see details... The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library 10 East 71st Street Henry Clay Frick Papers, Series II: Correspondence 1882-1929, undated. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Everett Shinn collection, 1877-1959. see details... University of Virginia Library Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Papers of H.C. Bunner, 1884-1935 and n.d. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Isabella Stewart Gardner papers, 1760-1956. see details... The Frick Collection and Frick Art Research Library 10 East 71st Street One East 70th Street Papers 1907 - 1931. see details... Archives of American Art Victor Building, Suite 2200 Walter Gay papers, 1870-1937 see details... Emory University Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library Ada Beatrice "Bricktop" Smith papers, 1894-1984. see details... University of Virginia Library Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Elsie DeWolfe letter to Miss Monroe 1892- see details... The Getty Research Institute Research Libraries, Archives and Special Collections M. Knoedler & Co. records, approximately 1848-1971 see details... «  back