Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series Sale - Book ISBN 978-0-89236-283-7

ISBN 978-0-89236-283-7

It brings together one hundred photographs from all periods and styles of the photographer's career

Sidelining labels like “conservative” or “avant-garde

while line drawings illustrate how the potter worked

ISBN 978-1-60606-137-4

Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series Sale - Book ISBN 978-0-89236-283-7Charissa 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