Page 9 - September 20th 2021, Indian and Himalayan Art Christie's NYC

Property From The
India House Collection

New York

(Lots 401-405)

India House is bound by every tradition with the adventurers of all ages
who went down to the sea in ships.

Christie’s is honored to sell the art collection of India in spirit, purpose and atmosphere, where those interested
House, a private club that has been a fixture of downtown in rebuilding a merchant marine worthy of American
Manhattan since the early twentieth century. The Club’s could meet.” In this vein, many leaders in foreign trade PROPERTY FROM THE INDIA HOUSE CLUB COLLECTION, NEW YORK
Renaissance style building was constructed by builder and worldwide commerce have since gathered at India 401
Richard Carman after the fire of 1835 and, previously House, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, A BRONZE FIGURE OF ACHALA
housing Hanover Bank, Maitland and Company, the New Henry Morgenthau, Jr., James Byrnes, W. Averell Harriman, TIBET, 14TH CENTURY 西藏 十四世紀 銅不動明王像
York Cotton Exchange and W.R. Grace and Company, George C. Marshall, Henry Cabot Lodge and Cyrus Vance. 來源:
the edifice has remained essentially unchanged since Their meetings were held alongside India House’s world- 6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high Willard D. Straight (1880-1918年) 珍藏，入藏於1914年前。
its construction. Founded in 1914 by James A. Farrell class collection of maritime art and objects. First begun by $5,000-7,000
and Willard Straight, India House was conceived as a Dorothy Whitney and Willard Straight, the art collection
meeting place for the interests for foreign trade and its grew to encompass marine pictures, model ships, maritime PROVENANCE:
Willard D. Straight (1880-1918) Collection, acquired prior to 1914.
name paid homage to the Dutch West India Company, relics and Chinese works of art, which gave the club its
the first colonizers of Manhattan. Farrell and Straight stately atmosphere and reminded members and guests of LITERATURE:
envisioned that “New York should have a place, maritime its purpose. Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 24655.