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and Henri Zerner

traces the rise and decline of the culture of curiosity exemplified by the gentleman amateur or dilettante

a painting of two women sitting on a red and gold daybed is shown next to a similar piece of furniture in the Museum's galleries

As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty AIA2021 —Textile Fibre ForumWhile writing his autobiography, J. Paul Gettythen perhaps the world's richest manhoped it would be the final verdict on himself, on his many friends and associates, and on his times. Regrettably, it proved to be so: Getty died in 1976 as As I See It was going to press. Now reissued with a number of additional illustrations, this lively autobiography introduces the famed tycoon to a new generation of readers. In its urbanity, wit, insight, and