Posted on 05/08/2006 9:56:19 AM PDT by Republicanprofessor
...This unidentified bidder at Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday bid $95.2 million for a Picasso and $2.5 million for a Chagall. Yesterday that man's face was being sent by e-mail around the world, as art dealers and collectors frenziedly speculated on his identity. He ended up spending $102.7 million, for a 1941 Picasso portrait, "Dora Maar With Cat." ...an 1883 Monet seascape for $5 million...a Chagall, a 1978 biblical scene, for which the man paid $2.5 million
But who was he? Sotheby's has refused to say. It is unclear whether he was acting for a client or buying for himself.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I'm pretty sure that was the guy who played Carla's husband on Cheers.
Of course there is; now every Picasso in the world increased in value.
Best guesses:
John Galt
Kaiser Soze
OKC John Doe #2
Tourist Guy
LoL. He HAD to ask.
LOL
Or:
Batman
The real Deep Throat
D. B. Cooper
The Plame leaker
Heh, gotta love Kaiser Soze, great movie!
$102.7 million? Maybe he's paying in Zimbabwe dollars.
You're the winner. Excellent!
Thats my brother in law ! and he doesnt have a dime
Friggin Twins.
Interesting that the painting is in what appears to be such a traditional frame. The juxtaposition looks odd. (I'm just using the word "juxtaposition" because art people are stuck on it). I suppose that since the painting itself is traditional in that it is paint applied to some form of traditional substrate, like canvas, it deserves to be in a normal type picture frame. But the thing represents such a radical departure from what was done in the past, that it seems to me that the frame should also represent a radical departure. Maybe Picasso would have thought so too.
Well, paintings need to be framed, and I think the black looks good with that piece. It's plain and does not detract from the cubism.
At least it is not a fancy gold frame (connoting "masterpiece") that all the impressionist pieces are decked in.
Those carved, gilded frames have their place, I guess, perhaps they are best on stuff from the 18th and early 19th century?. IMO, gold can be a good color for a frame, it tends to look well against a lot of different color schemes, though it's probably at its best with color schemes that are not too light. The Latins here in Miami have a taste for gaudy more than I do.
Yes, I guess you are right, the black looks good. What do you think would be best for a Monet?
I thought he looked like the actor, John Colicos, but alas, he is dead.
???? The dogs are the serious art on this thread. That misshapen thing at the top of the thread (the painting, not the buyer)is simply the nonverbal ravings of a lunatic.
Wow.. someone spent 95 million on that piece of junk? Call me a Philistine, but I can think of probably 100000 better ways to spend that money.
Still, its his money.
Kilroy
Waldo
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