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To: Albion Wilde
"Well, aren’t you two special."

Lol, not really. I like tacky stuff, too.

I bought this "Triple Elvis" print of a panel in a 22-piece Warhol installation called "Elvis"(1963).All the pieces were to be side-by-side, at Warhol's request. A critic at the time wrote:

"Toe to toe, repeated atop one another, poor Elvis becomes as thin and hazy as the idyllic illusion he publicly symbolizes; the assembly line produces the emptiness and sterility of soulless, over-managed puppetry."

Ouch. Meanwhile, Christie's sold one of the panels for $81.9 million in 2014. There's no accounting for taste. I just don't personally like this other guy's paintings past the first two I saw. Went to his website and it's a Kincaide-style schlock factory, lol. I'm sure he's crying all the way to the bank!

30 posted on 12/03/2017 11:42:40 AM PST by avenir ("But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine."--Titus 2)
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To: avenir
it's a Kincaide-style schlock factory, lol. I'm sure he's crying all the way to the bank!


Yep; there's never been any accounting for taste. But the heart behind it is definitely a step ahead of velvet Elvises. Maybe a bit behind Warhol Elvises, tho.

Here was my purchase from the same era (cheap litho print; not a numbered photo print): The Beatles by Richard Avedon:

At the time, we thought it was le denier cri.

36 posted on 12/03/2017 3:05:35 PM PST by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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