September 15, 2006

Patron of the Avant-Garde

Later in life Vollard would say that his childhood habit of collecting pebbles and broken bits of crockery prepared him for his career. In any case, rather than studying the law, as he was sent to Paris to do, he haunted the bookstalls along the Seine, buying engravings and drawings for next to nothing with the allowance that his father cut off once he learned what his son was really up to.

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  1. Deron Bauman on September 15th, 2006 at 11:34 pm

    you beat me to it!

  2. Andrew Simone on September 15th, 2006 at 11:35 pm

    Ha! It was bound to happen eventually.

  3. Deron Bauman on September 15th, 2006 at 11:47 pm

    drats.

  4. Deron Bauman on September 15th, 2006 at 11:56 pm

    maybe that will be my new joke, telling everyone they beat me to a post.

  5. Andrew Simone on September 15th, 2006 at 11:59 pm

    It reeks of “running gag,” that is for sure.

  6. Deron Bauman on September 16th, 2006 at 12:07 am

    ‘reek’s being the operative….


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