The Vanderlip s Palos Verdes Villa Narcissa; architectural elevation and floor plans. ca 1920.
lot includes: four hand drawn and colored formal architectural renderings of the Vanderlip's Villa Narcissa in Palos Verdes, California; by Allison & Allison Architects, ca. 1920.; together with two other framed architectural reproductions; six framed works in total.
11 x 16 1/2in (28 x 42cm)
Provenance:
Property from the Collection of Craig Wright.

Footnote Villa Narcissa, The Vanderlip Estate, originally part of the 16,000-acre site purchased over a century ago, still stands as the crown jewel, the one that started it all, the Villa Narcissa. Private and gated, much of its surroundings are protected by the land conservancy where nothing can be built to block the views of this natural environment and its epic panorama of the Pacific Ocean. A gradual 246-step cypress allee ascends to a Doric colonnade to breathtaking sights of the peaceful hillside with its olive and citrus tree-lined lanes and its amphitheater. Still no other estate on the Peninsula matches this historic 7,700 square foot Tuscan residence and 10 guest houses with tennis court and pool now on nearly 12 acres The list of guests and events throughout the past century is legendary. The Villa itself, was one of the original Tuscans to be built in the South Bay.

All uniformly matted and framed 17 1/2 x 23in (44 x 58cm) good overall.