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  • "Many people don't know what the Reys went through, and the role George played in their lives," said Ms. Nahson.

    A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • The Reys 'best-known fictional creation was similarly acculturated, starting — typically enough — with a name change, from Fifi to George.

    A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • They echo the escape of the Jewish, German-born Reys from Paris, their adopted home, mere hours before the Nazis marched into the city.

    A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • The exhibition, which moves to San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum in mid-November, is playfully anchored by two oversized structures: an arched, green-shuttered, pink mockup of the Reys 'residential hotel in Paris and a bright-blue version of their house in Cambridge, Mass.

    A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • Spread over two galleries, the show divides naturally into two sections: The Reys 'life and work in the U.S. and — more compelling — their life and work in France.

    A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • After a heart-stopping moment, the Reys were allowed to continue on their way.

    A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • "I thought you were monkeys too," a young fan reportedly once told the Reys, doing very little to hide his disappointment.

    A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • "Many people don't know what the Reys went through, and the role George played in their lives," said Ms. Nahson.

    A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • The Reys 'best-known fictional creation was similarly acculturated, starting — typically enough — with a name change, from Fifi to George.

    A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • In June 1940, with the German occupation imminent, the Reys left town on the first leg of a nerve-jangling journey through France, Spain, Portugal and Brazil — destination: New York — by bicycle, train, ship and grit.

    A Monkey Born of Trials and Tribulations Joanne Kaufman 2010

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