painting
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“A fool with a tool is still a fool.”
— Grady Booch
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“The value of art lies in its power to inspire, not in its price tag.”
— Unknown
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“From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity.”
Edvard Munch
Madonna (Schiefler 33; Woll 39)
lithograph with woodcut in black, rust red, blue and pale grey-green, 1895-1902, on tissue-thin Japon, a superb, strongly printed impression, the colors rich, Woll’s fourth state (of seven) before the additional strands of hair across the torso, signed in pencil, with wide margins, deckle along the upper and right sheet edges, the lower and left sheet edges trimmed at time of printing, in excellent condition, framed
L. 21 7/8 x 13¾ in. (556 x 349 mm.)
S. 25¾ x 17¾ in. (654 x 451 mm.)
Price realised
USD 650,500
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The Rothko Conspiracy – Suicide & Scams In The Art World (1983)
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“You meet rich people and you hang around with them, and one night they’ve had a few drinks and they say ‘I’ll buy it!’ Then they tell their friends, ‘You must have this person’s work, darling,’ and that’s all you need. That’s all it takes. Get it?”
Andy Warhol
Uncle Sam, from Myths
screenprint in colors with diamond dust, on Lenox Museum Board, 1981, signed in pencil, numbered 135/200 (there were also 30 artist’s proofs), published by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, Inc., New York, with the artist’s copyright ink stamp on the reverse, the full sheet, in very good condition, framed
Sheet: 38 x 38 in. (965 x 965 mm.)
Estimate
USD 30,000 – USD 50,000
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CryptoPunk #2369
This Punk is currently for sale by owner for 69.69Ξ ($233,422).
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“Art must be an integral part of life, not something reserved for a museum or a millionaire’s living room.”
Diego Rivera
The Rivals
signed and dated ‘Diego Rivera 1931’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
60 x 50 in. (152.4 x 127 cm.)
Painted in 1931
Price realised
USD 14,130,000
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“The job of the artist is to make the world visible.”
David Park (1911-1960)
Boy in Striped Shirt
signed and dated ‘Park 59’ (upper left); titled ‘BOY IN STRIPED SHIRT’ (on the overlap)
oil on canvas
50 x 36 in. (127 x 91.4 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Price realised
USD 1,323,750
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“You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.” — Elizabeth Peyton
ELIZABETH PEYTON (B. 1965)
Jude Law as Lord Alfred Douglas
titled and dated ‘Jude Law as Lord Alfred Douglas 27.11.98’ (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper
29 ¾ x 22 in. (75.6 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted in 1998.
Price realised
USD 187,500
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“The importance of art history can be summed up in a single word: integration. As we’ve already pointed out, when you study art history, you learn the context in which that piece was created. You also learn about the technologies of the day, or lack thereof. You gain an understanding of the sciences, literature and more. However, to make sense of all of this is another thing altogether. One of the biggest reasons why you should study art history is because it teaches you how to integrate information from disparate sources and to make sense of that information. This is a high-level thinking skill that has become increasingly important in the workplace and in life.”
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“It’s instinctive in a certain kind of painting…It’s like a nervous system. It’s not described, it’s happening. The feeling is going on with the task. The line is the feeling, from a soft thing, a dreamy thing, to something hard, something arid, something lonely, something ending, something beginning.” — Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly (1928-2011)
Untitled
signed and dated ‘Cy Twombly 1970’ (on the reverse)
oil based house paint and wax crayon on canvas
61 ¼ x 74 ¾ in. (155.5 x 190 cm.)
Executed in 1970.
Price realised
USD 69,605,000
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“I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.” — Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)
Laboureur dans un champ
oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 25 ½ in. (50.3 x 64.9 cm.)
Painted in Saint Rémy, early September 1889
Price realised:
USD 81,312,500