The spiral front staircase of Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

Huguette Clark's bedroom in Le Beau Château, her country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

A front window of Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

Vines growing through the shutters outside the kitchen window of Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

A sitting room in Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

A paintbrush motif on the stairway of the bedroom in Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

A fireplace in a living room of Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

The Mosler safe that filled a closet at Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951. When it was opened recently in front of a gaggle of attorneys, all it contained was a set of plans for the addition Clark put on the house in 1952.

The Mosler safe that filled a closet at Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951. When it was opened recently in front of a gaggle of attorneys, all it contained was a set of plans for the addition Clark put on the house in 1952.

The paintbrush motif on a stairway in Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

The unused master bedroom of Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

The front staircase of Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

The 1930s kitchen of Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

The stove from the 1930s in Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.

A thermostat from the 1930s in Le Beau Château, Huguette Clark's country retreat on 52 acres in New Canaan, Connecticut, unlived in since 1951.