An opportunity to see, and buy, Les Colombieres garden by Ferdinand Bac

Ferdinand Bac (1859-1952) was a nephew of Napoleon, a cartoonist, a writer, a garden designer and an important influence on the great Luis Barragan. Les Colombieres, Bac’s villa in Menton, is up for sale by sealed bid and, if you are lucky enough to own a few oil wells and copper mines, may be a snip. For a video of the house and garden see http://www.les-colombieres.com/. It was made between 1918 and 1927, as the Art Deco movement was evolving into high modernism,

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