Eileen Gray experimented widely in painting, photography and collage. This example was given to Joseph Rykwert in 1970.

Joseph Rykwert CBE was a friend of Eileen Grays’s
niece, the painter Prunella Clough and was the first
to “rediscover” Eileen Gray with an article in Domus in
1967. Born in Warsaw, he immigrated to England in 1939. After studies in London, he taught at the Hochschule für Gestaltung, Ulm before becoming Librarian and Tutor at the Royal College of Art in London. In 1967 he became Professor of Art at
the University of Essex and in 1981, Slade Professor in the Fine Arts and then Reader in Architecture at the
University of Cambridge. He now lives in London.
He was appointed COE and Chevalier dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres, holds several honorary degrees and is a member of the Roman
Accademia di San Luca and the Polish Academy.
He has been president of the international council of
architectural critics (CICA) since 1996 and was awarded the 2014 Royal Gold Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects.