Leo Stein, an American collector in Paris and Gertrude Stein's brother, had bought "Le Bonheur".
He bought Le Petit Trianon in 2007 for about $22 million, and hired Michael S. Smith — a celebrity decorator who would go on to make over the White House for the Obamas — to redo it for $15 million.
He left his job as president of Cirque du Soleil in 2001 and the next year bought Le Massif, which was on the brink of bankruptcy, for 10 million Canadian dollars.
Ms. Baker bought Le Beau Chêne from Anna, countess of Noailles, a Romanian-born princess, socialite and poet, whose salons were frequented by pre-eminent literary and artistic figures, including Marcel Proust, Colette and Jean Cocteau.
Metro admitted as much in a small box, calling itself a "refreshing news summary" and suggesting: "If you want to know more, buy Le Figaro, Libération, Le Parisien, L'Équipe, Le Monde, La Tribune, L'Humanité or France-Soir from a newsstand".
A unit of Nacco Industries said yesterday that it had agreed to buy Le Gourmet Chef, a kitchen appliance chain that sought bankruptcy protection this month.
But audiences might have an easier time spotting the more obvious crosscultural references: the little sister who wears T-shirts that say things like "70's Soul Party" and spends her allowance at the record store buying "le nouveau Britney".
Monsieur Briguet always seems to hint that someone might buy Le Périgord, but it's difficult to imagine he would ever give up his labor of love and more difficult still to imagine Le Périgord without him.
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It was bought by Le Corbusier in Nov. 1921, at the 2nd sale of pictures siezed by the French government from the German-born Paris art merchant Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler during the 1st World War.
