Dallas real estate investor Harlan Crow's rare papers and statues are powerful on their own.
Protected in cabinets, documents’ signatures read Ponce de Leon, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, George Washington, Robert E. Lee and all the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Paintings on the walls bear the surnames of some of art history’s masters, including Peale, Renoir and Monet, as well as the likes of Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler and Dwight Eisenhower. All told, 8,500 books and manuscripts are housed here.
The thirst for learning came later in life for Crow, 64. Now he envisions the private library not only as a vessel to satisfy his own craving, but also as a collection that could be used “for serious research but also for schoolboy research.” But back up. Near the house are several works that Crow considers monuments to human achievement. Lady Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s only female prime minister, stands larger than life outside a window. Across from her is a large, square sculpture of Churchill, peering over a bank of azaleas. His likeness bears a hint of a smile, as if he were playing hide-and-seek.These are two people Crow immensely admires. They, therefore, have special spots near the house.
The figure was sawed into quarters with a handsaw and covered with concrete so the pieces looked like rubble. In the United States, the concrete was removed and the monument restored.
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