Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series Sale - Book He spent some thirty years

He spent some thirty years in Japan and Burma

Sidelining labels like “conservative” or “avant-garde

In this three-part polemical masterpiece

while line drawings illustrate how the potter worked

teacher of photography

Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series Sale - Book He spent some thirty yearsCharissa Bremer David The whimsical imagery of four tapestries in the permanent collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum and currently on display at the Getty Center is perplexing. Created in France at the Beauvais manufactory between 1690 and 1730, these charming hangings, unlike most French tapestries of the period, appear to be purely decorative, with no narrative thread, no theological moral, and no allegorical symbolism. They belong to a series