found: Hayden, R.S. Restoring Liberty, c1986:CIP t.p. (Thierry W. Despont)
found: Thierry W. Despont : recent watercolours, c2004:biog. (1948, b. Limoges, France; 1972, Diplôme d'architecte, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris; 1974, M.A., city planning in urban design, Harvard University, Cambridge; architect, designer and artist who resides and works in New York)
found: New York times, 22 Aug. 2023:in an obituary on page A20 (Thierry Despont; born Thierry Guy Despont in Limoges [France] on Apr. 19, 1948, died Aug. 13 [2023] in Southampton, N.Y., aged 75; the worldly, erudite French architect and designer whose rich sense of history and heritage brought a refined elegance to the grand homes of industry titans like Bill Gates and Calvin Klein, as to the restoration of landmark projects like the Statue of Liberty, the Woolworth Building and the Ritz Paris; moved to New York in 1980 and quickly rose to a position of influence in the global architecture and design world; a gentleman aesthete in the European tradition, Mr. Despont was an accomplished sculptor and watercolorist who displayed and sold his work in New York and Europe)
