The notion that a person's belongings transmit something about their personal history

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and Robert Irwin's drawings of the Central Gardens

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As I See It: The Autobiography of J. Paul Getty AIA2021 The notion that a person'sWhile 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