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Round and Round
01/30

Round and Round

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Every time I go to Paris’ Jardin de Luxembourg I have to make sure that it’s there—Rilke’s beloved elephant, going round and round on the park’s carousel, as described in Encyclopedia of the Exquisite. The wooden carousel, created in 1879,…

Missing Mitsou
03/29

Missing Mitsou

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A friend reminded me this morning of one of my favorite treasures, the book Mitsou, by the painter Balthus. When Count Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, aka Balthus, was 11 he started his first major artwork, a series of 40 pen-and-ink…