stilllife
781005262284816384
“I just try to live my life and do my thing.”
Robert Mapplethorpe
Rose
1982
gelatin silver print, flush-mounted on board
151⁄4 x 151⁄8 in.
Price Realised
USD 30,240
775029303755866112
“I don’t have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It’s not a conscious effort, nor is it a struggle. Wouldn’t do it if it was. The idea of the suffering artist has never appealed to me. Being here is suffering enough.”
William Eggleston
Untitled
c. 1971-1974
pigment print, flush-mounted on board, printed 2012
overall framed: 60 x 44 in. (152 x 112 cm.)
Price realised
USD 1,441,500
161417333362
“They also asked me why I didn’t make my
female figures more beautiful. If I have to choose between making
something look beautiful and making something look realistic, I would
choose the latter. Paintings that depict really beautiful women are
rarely truthful representations of reality, because real people have
flaws. Take, for example, the figures in classical oil paintings…”
— Wei Dong