Why hang a picture of fruit and flowers on your wall when you can instead hang a picture of a costumed crusader smacking down evil?

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Fortuny's family tree is reproduced on a wall at the entrance of the exhibit, and it is the fruit of this tree that so elegantly fills two floors at the institute.

WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs