Empty Mansions

David Cay Johnston. For information on copper-jacketed bullets, Dale Clingan. On the trees and plants at Bellosguardo from detailed photographs, Jessica Lawrence of Green Landscape Nursery inSanta Clarita, California. On the Hawaiian language, Professor Puakea Nogelmeier of the University of Hawaii Manoa. And on Huguette’s automobiles, Geoffrey Keller at Dragone Classic Motorcars in Westport, Connecticut.
    Many members of the Clark family shared information, despite their attorney’s repeated admonitions. We drew on the genealogical research on the family by Eve Newell, Colin Berens, and J. P. Canton and the resourceful research staff at Ancestry.com .
    Many individuals who had contact with the Clarks provided invaluable information: Reminiscences of life at Bellosguardo in Santa Barbara came from Barbara Hoelscher Doran and Barry Hoelscher, among others. The son and grandson of Félix Lorioux, Jean-Loup Brusson and Fabrice Brusson, graciously shared information on his work and his patron Huguette. Ann Raynolds and Leontine “Tina” Lyle Harrower described their godmother, Anna Clark. John Taylor still has the Rolls-Royce that Huguette and Bill Gower took on their honeymoon, his father having purchased it after the Clark chauffeur sold it to a dealer. Janice Benatz shared information on Clarkdale, Arizona; Ann Fabrizio on her father, Robert Samuels, and the work of French & Company, which redecorated Huguette’s apartments; Jeff Southmayd on his great-grandfather, Nathan Leroy Southmayd, who may be the man in the middle of the photo of three miners on page 24; Mary Muir on one of Huguette’s paintings found in a London shop; and Stephen Gruse on W. A. Clark, Jr. And then there’s Michael Nygaard, the ultimate Huguette fan.
    One of the pleasures of this hunt has been the chance to work with so many noteworthy institutions. Very special thanks to Art Loss Register, London (Chris Marinello); Associated Press, New York (Carolyn McGoldrick); Barbara Cleary’s Realty Guild, New Canaan, Connecticut (Barbara and Brian Cleary); Brown Brothers, Sterling, Pennsylvania (Linda Tyler); Brown Harris Stevens, New York (John Burger, Kristin Clark, Leslie Coleman, Amy Gotzler, Mary Rutherfurd, Danielle Wagner, Hall Willkie); Butte Silver Bow Arts Foundation, Butte, Montana (Glenn Bodish, Gretchen Miller); Butte–Silver Bow Public Archives, Butte (Ellen Crain, Irene Scheidecker, Harriet Schultz); Christie’s, New York (Jaime Bernice, Erin McAndrews); ClarkdaleHistorical Society & Museum, Arizona (Mary Lu Estlick); Copper King Mansion, Butte (Erin Sigl, Pat Sigl, John Thompson); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Marisa Bourgoin, Melanie Feaster, Ila Furman, Kristin Guiter, Dare Myers Hartwell, Anna Kuehl); County of Santa Barbara, California (Beverly Curren); Dunbar Historical Society, Pennsylvania (Donna Myers); Durand-Ruel & Co., Paris (Paul-Louis Durand-Ruel); Fairfield University, Connecticut (Professor Joel Goldfield); Girl Scout National Historic Preservation Center, New York (Pamela Cruz, Yevgeniya Gribov, Michelle Tompkins); Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, Independence, Missouri (Randy Sowell); Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant (Lynn Ellsworth, Jay Simmons); Jerome Historical Society, Arizona (Allen Muma); the Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois (Elizabeth Zhani); Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation, Washburn, North Dakota (Nicolette Borlaug, Joseph Mussulman); Mark Twain Papers, University of California, Berkeley (Neda Salem); Montana Historical Society Research Center, Helena (Rebecca Kohl, Delores Morrow, Zoe Ann Stoltz); Montecito Historical Archives of the Montecito Association, California (Dana Newquist, Guy Webb); Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington (Jennifer Twist); Museum of the City of New York (Nilda Rivera, Lindsay Turley); Nassau County District Attorney’s Office, Mineola, New York (Carole Trottere); NBC News InfoCenter, New York (Donna Mendell); Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City (Kathleen Leighton, Toni Wood); New Canaan Historical Society (Janet Lindstrom); New York County District Attorney’s Office (Erin Duggan); New York Department of Education, Office of the Professions, Albany (Jane Briggs); New-York Historical Society (Robert Delap, Eleanor Gillers, Marybeth Kavanagh, Jill Slaight, Joe Festa);
The New York Times
and Redux Pictures (Rosemary Morrow, Jeff Roth); Nippon Music Foundation, Tokyo (Kazuko Shiomi); Onyx Classics, London (Matthew