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1928 · réf. NF3515 — UNIVERSITE DELAWARE SECTION D'ETUDES A L'ETRANGER GROUPE 1927 -1928 DINER D'ADIEU 28 JUIN 1928 HOTEL LUTETIA first edition one page folded to make four vg. To find out what the Farewell Dinner was all you need do is purchase this menu from one of the great Parisian hotels of its time. Built in 1910 under the direction of two of the greatest architects of the day Hotel Lutetia was the first Art Deco hotel in Paris. The facade which set the tone and reflected the prestigious standing of the property was entrusted to the sculptors Leon Binet and later Paul Belmondo father of actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. Situated in the literary and artistic centre of Paris several painters and writers have stayed or made their home at the hotel including Matisse Andre Gide Antoine de Saint-ExupŽry and Picasso. The adventurer Alexandra David Neel stayed here after her expedition to the Far East as did the celebrated dancer Josephine Baker and General de Gaulle spent his honeymoon here. HOTEL LUTETIA unknown books