Eric Mourlot at Galerie Mourlot: is it better to know the artist to better know the work?

When I sat with Eric at his gallery, not far from the Metropolitan museum, he told me his story. He comes from a great family of printers in Paris since 1852. They used to work with Picasso, Calder, Chagall, Miró and Dubuffet. To name just a few. He became a galerist to participate in his artists'creative process and to make it available to other people. I asked him: Is it better to know the artist to better know the work?