For Pinault, the silver brush strokes evoke mountains, and he sees the painting as a meditation.

WSJ: Collecting Art With Fran?ois Pinault

The fine, fragrant talc dusting on the dresser, the brush webbed in silver hair, the fifty-year collection of black handbags stuffed in the top of the closet- it was all too much, too much.

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