Posted on 03/29/2010 12:50:09 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Oh, were you serious?
I’m serious. Duchamp spent a good part of his career poking fun at the hoity toities of the art world. The man was an accomplished artist, but thought most artists were too full of themselves. He’s a kick. One of his last works, called The Large Glass (The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even) cracked as it was being transferred to a gallery for display. The gallery owner called Duchamp to tell him, full of trepidation that they’d destroyed this famous artist’s masterpiece. Duchamp’s reply was, “great, now it’s finally finished.”
Went to his Wikpedia article. He’s the Nude Descending a Staircase guy. You’re right, really interesting dude.
I wouldn’t pay a nickel over $2.1 million for it. Call me cheap, but a man’s got to know his limitations.
$2million toilet BUMP.
I wonder how many our government unknowingly bought for that price.
I’ll be busy for a while, so don’t expect me to be around.
I’ll be in the basement making my own “copy” of the artwork. It will be as authentic a “copy” as any other. A copy is a copy, right?
When I sell it and get rich, you can say you knew me when.
Picasso once misidentifed one of his own pieces as a forgery. When called on it, he said “I can fake a Picasso as well as anybody else.”
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