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May 1–September 2, 2007 at the Getty Center

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Oudry's Painted Menagerie: Portraits of Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Europe


Oudry's Painted Menagerie: Portraits of Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Edited by Mary Morton
With contributions by Colin B. Bailey, Marina Belozerskaya, Charissa Bremer-David, Christoph Frank, Christine Giviskos, and Mark Leonard

This beautiful exhibition catalogue contextualizes the suite of life-size animal portraits and related drawings within Oudry's career. It also presents a history of the phenomenon known as "Clara-mania," when the rhinoceros Clara caused a public sensation throughout Europe.
(Hardcover, $60.00; paperback, $39.95)

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My Travels with Clara


My Travels with Clara
By Mary Tavener Holmes
Illustrated by Jon Cannell

For children ages 8 and up, this delightful story, with fanciful illustrations, follows Clara the Rhinoceros from her birth in India to her exploits in Berlin, Versailles, Paris, Rome, and Venice.
(Hardcover, $17.95)


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