(Château des Milandes): Ray. Delvert, circa 1945].
Price: $1,000.00
Unbound. Gelatin silver photograph, possibly a Christmas card. Approximately 4.5" x 6". Photographer name printed lower right margin. A little rubbing, a just about fine example. Inscribed by Baker across the dark lower part of the image and a bit difficult to see. Baker is shown smiling and seated next to a Christmas tree at her home, Château des Milandes, which she moved to when the Germans took Paris. She is seated by a man (her fourth husband, Jo Bouilion?) and eight toddlers or infants. An attractive image. Château des Milandes was a center of the French Resistance and Baker is well-known for her bravery and contribution to the Resistance movement. After the war, she was awarded the Resistance Medal by the French Committee of National Liberation, the Croix de Guerre by the French military, and was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by General Charles de Gaulle.
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