Christian Caillard | Réalité PoétiqueFille paysanne

Vente, 1950

Galerie Andre Weil

Thomas Sovereign Gates, Jr. (1906-1983), of Devon, Pennsylvania, was the 7th US Secretary of Defense, from 1959-1961, under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a position he assumed after serving as of Under-Secretary and then Secretary of the Navy under Eisenhower. He went on to be Chief Liaison Officer (Ambassador) to China under President Gerald Ford. Other Notes: Accompanied by correspondence from 1964 between Mr. Gates and Andre Weil regarding the work.