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ellaesther
04/23/09

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Wait, hold on, that's my daughter's name! Now I have to buy it for her! Shit, where's my checkbook?
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NefariousNewt
04/23/09

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Also on sale today at Christie's, some water colors by some little-known Austrian artist named Hitler.
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swedishfishing
04/23/09

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Holy shit. The cult of personality is kind of crazy, you know? Genius only goes so far. I guess it's neat though.
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Stabby McStabberson
04/23/09

@swedishfishing: no, his reputation is well-deserved. warhol, however...
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swedishfishing
04/23/09

@Stabby McStabberson: Oh for sure. I just don't know if it's $32-million-well-deserved. It's the reputation they're buying, not the art. Which is fascinating to think about, but weird as well. It's clear that the reputation is deserved, I think, but Picasso as an idea is so much bigger than his art, which is kind of neat/weird/interesting
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ellaesther
04/23/09

@swedishfishing: That is a fascinating idea, actually. What is the value of reputation/Artist as Idea, and how does it in turn serve the person who paid $32 million to get it, via a painting?
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Stabby McStabberson
04/23/09

@ellaesther: i'm sorry, what?
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ellaesther
04/23/09

@Stabby McStabberson: Well, you know, we purchase something because it serves us in some way. A hat that keeps us warm or makes us fetching, a book that entertains or gets us through that class, a car that brings us places or gets us the looks we want on the street. Art is presumably purchased to serve the spirit, or decorate a space, or... in this case, it quite possibly serves some other need, and that's my question. What need is served when you buy the actual thing, for $32 million dollars, but what you're really buying is the man's name, or (as swedishfishing pointed out) the "idea" of Picasso? If that makes sense.

@swedishfishing: I was just talking about a similar thing regarding the writings of Abraham Lincoln. I can read the text almost anywhere on earth, and probably more clearly, but I can't tell you how thrilling it would be for me to hold the piece of paper on which he wrote the words and read them in his hand. It's something well beyond the thoughts he expressed, and I'm kind of getting goosebumps just thinking about it!
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laetitiae
04/23/09

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I often teach Nietzsche and use Picasso as an example of an ubermensch, not in life in general but in painting. He had mastered the classical styles when he was a teenager/in his early days and then he deliberately broke the rules. And when I look at paintings like this, it makes me so happy that the rules were broken and a new set of aesthetic values were created. Because this portrait? This portrait is just beautiful.
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DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton
04/23/09

@laetitiae: Yeah, it kinda drives me nuts when my dad (the same one mentioned above) makes comments like. "Ugh, his early stuff is nice, why did he have to go an make that crazy crap."

Well, pops did pay for my degree in Art, and entertains my protests at such statements. Yet, he refused to go to the Picasso museum after my urging.

He has no appreciation for the "Modern" art.
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hatepaperdoll
04/23/09

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That picture is terrible. I know a guy down by the mall who can do your exact likeness in charcoal in like, 5 minutes, plus he can do you riding a dune buggy.
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Mary McCarthyite
04/23/09

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With the money she gets, she can commission another painting: "La Fille de l'artiste a soixante-treize ans avec beaucoup d'argent"

It will show her with a huge smile on her face, swimming in money (like the character did at the beginning of Duck Tales).
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Ailatan
04/23/09

@Mary McCarthyite: I loved the beginning of the Duck Tales. I always had a soft spot for Scrooge MacDuck.

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stoprobbers
04/23/09

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You know, at a certain age a portrait like that would be a major self esteem killer.

Though, 20 years later, it would turn you richer beyond your wildest dreams. Fair trade-off?
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brinkswomanship
04/23/09

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I bet the colours are even more amazing and vibrant in person.
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lilbobbytables
04/23/09

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That is roughly $23,322,663.00. Yowzers. I felt like a madman spending $200.00 on a painting a few months ago.

Balling out of control - I am doing it wrong.
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DinaRonson : Elizabeth Cady Stanton
04/23/09

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Man, what a jip! All MY dad ever did was take my photograph!

(Oh yeah, and pay for my expensive education; house, clothe and feed me; love and care for our family....)
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BlondeGoddess
03/03/09

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Can you believe it that Vogue at one time was one of the first magazines to publish photos of concentration camps? I love Lee Miller's work, I saw a beautiful exhibit many years ago, which was opened by her son, who still spoke lovingly of his mother, inspite of the difficulties growing up with her.
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Diziet_Sma
03/03/09

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She was my first avatar when I signed up to Jez. I find it hard to think of a cooler human being who has ever walked the planet. Except for The Fonz, of course.
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ritualtheory
03/03/09

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After seeing her in "Blood of a Poet" (where it's obvious why the Perfect Muse title adhered to her), I read up on her relationship with Man Ray, for starters. And as tempestuous as that was, it might be the least interesting thing about her.
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gobblegirl
03/03/09

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I absolutely love Lee Miller's work.
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stacyinbean
03/03/09

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This is useless but I had NO IDEA Conde Nast was ever an actual human. These (her) photographs (particularly the first and second) are breathtaking.
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