James Gleick on Nostr: TIL that—as of 1954—an original van Gogh painting hanging in the bedroom of a ...
TIL that—as of 1954—an original van Gogh painting hanging in the bedroom of a woman working as a telephone operator and sharing a Manhattan apartment with two others would be enough to raise suspicion that she had another source of income but not enough to suggest that she was wealthy.
[Extra credit for identifying my source.]
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