The portrait of Duveen in this biography is so unutterably distasteful it appears to be anti-Semitic. His wildly gesticulating while haggling with Wildenstein, and both loudly shouting above each ---what does that say? Middle Eastern rug dealers. Baksheesh.
Lucia's Symposium
Lucia casts a wary eye on cultural infelicities, and dissents from all orthodoxies.
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Tuesday, October 05, 2004
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