21 Street of the Boutique: Memoirs

Because she has moved, Anne Sinclair has to have a new identity card made. At the population office of the city of Paris, she is asked a question that brings back painful memories of the Second World War: 'Were your grandparents French?'

This experience is the reason for Anne Sinclair to tell the compelling story of her grandfather, the grandfather in whom she recognizes herself: Paul Rosenberg, French and Jewish, a prominent art dealer, friend of Braque and Matisse. He had his gallery at 21 Rue La Boétie, right next to Picasso's studio. At the beginning of the war, Paul Rosenberg fled to New York.

With great love and attention to detail, Anne Sinclair describes the wanderings and artistic friendships of a fascinating man who had to make difficult choices to survive.