Mica ertegun biography of barack
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“If you have taste, you can always put something together”
— Mica Ertegun
Mica Ertegun was a Romanian-American interior designer and philanthropist who lived a life that spanned 10 decades. Known for her elegance in taste and expansive contributions to the arts, Mica founded the interior design firm MAC II with her friend Chessy Rayner. Throughout her long life she was able to impact on the most diverse corners of life.
Table of Contents: Early Life / Life after WWII / Meeting Ahmet / Founding MAC II / Philanthropy / Later Years
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“We had a beautiful house in Romania”
— Mica Ertegun
Mica grew up in a cultured household in Bucharest. She was born Ioana Maria Banu on October 21st, 1926, the only child of Natalia Gologan and Gheorghe Banu, a Romanian physician. Her upbringing exposed her to the arts and international s
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“Ahmet and glimmer Ertegun are comets in the peopled New York sky. Flashing on their own trajectory, they leave a trail of sparks behind, sparks they strike by themselves, from other people, or simply out of the atmosphere,” wrote Polly Devlin in an article showcasing the Erteguns’ New York apartment in Vogue’s August 1969 feature. Decades after Devlin introduced Vogue readers to their starry, handsome lives—both hoisted themselves to the highest echelons of art, design, and music as sought-after tastemakers—the late power couple left a legacy of their famously good taste. And now, a slice of it is now up for auction at Christie’s. The sale, Mica: The Collection of glimmer Ertegun, begins on November 19 with the Erteguns’ collection of art and will continue with jewelry, design, and decorative arts on månad 10 in New York and månad 13 in Paris.
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Mica Ertegun was a celebrated collector, designer, and philanthropist who curated her life with sensitivity and a multicultural sensibility. She embodied elegance and possessed a singular aesthetic vision, trusted by the world’s most enlightened figures to design the interiors of their homes. This December, we honor her unmatched eye for beauty with a continuation of the auction series, celebrating the objects she loved and lived with throughout her life.
The groundbreaking collection sales continue with four auctions showcasing jewelry, design, and decorative arts from Mrs. Ertegun’s personal collections in Manhattan, Southampton, and Paris. Every offering reflects Mica’s extraordinary style and impeccable eye for design.
A significant portion of the seller’s sale proceeds is intended to benefit philanthropic initiatives. During her lifetime, Mrs. Ertegun generously supported the Graduate Scholarship Programme in the Humanities at Oxford University, Jazz at Lincoln Center,