Detail of Huguette Clark with one of her violins.

Huguette with one of her violins.

Huguette Clark in Hawaii.

Huguette Clark in Hawaii.

Young Huguette Clark.

Young Huguette Clark.

A portrait of Huguette Clark by her painting instructor, Tadé Styka. It hangs at Bellosguardo, the Clark summer home in Santa Barbara.

A portrait of Huguette Clark by her painting instructor, Tadé Styka.

Huguette Clark as a teenager.

Huguette Clark as a teenager.

Huguette Clark was trained on the violin, and at one point owned three instruments by Stradivari.

Huguette Clark was trained on the violin, and at one point owned three instruments by Stradivari.

Huguette Clark's graduating class of 1925 at Miss Spence's Boarding and Day School for Girls, New York City. Huguette is in the front row, second from left.

Huguette Clark, second from left, in her graduating class of 1925 from Miss Spence's Boarding and Day School for Girls, New York.

Huguette Clark in the 1920s.

Huguette Clark with pearls.

Huguette Clark with a string of pearls.

Huguette Clark as a young artist.

Huguette Clark in the photo that was used for her engagement announcement.

Huguette Clark in the photo that was used for her engagement announcement.

Huguette Clark, c. 1943. She gave a copy of this photo to her mother, Anna, with the inscription, "To my darling mother, With all my love, Huguette."

Huguette Clark, c. 1943.

Huguette Clark, apparently at Bellosguardo in Santa Barbara.

On the beach with a friend.