Picasso painting sells for a record $106.5 Million

[Jarmusch]

A painting that Picasso created in a single day in March 1932, ?Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur (Nude, Green Leaves and Bust),? sold for $106.5 million, a world record auction price for a work of art, at Christie?s Tuesday night. The painting, more than 5 feet by 4 feet, shows Picasso?s mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter, both reclining and as a bust. Picasso?s profile can be discerned in the blue background.

The painting broke the record price for a work of art set in February when a Giacometti sculpture, ?Walking Man I,? was sold for $104.3 million at Sotheby?s in London. Bidding for the Picasso lasted 8 minutes and 6 seconds; there were six bidders. Nicholas Hall, an expert at Christie?s, took the winning bid by telephone. He declined to say who he was bidding for.

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Serious business.

[seeandsee]

jesus 100 millions ((

[JFK]

saw that on CNN, insane money

[Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life]

At least it wasn't a Pollock piece, I'd have to rage if that talentless fuck set the record...

[RadicalSights]

what a pile of crap

[Zorgman]

Burn it.

[Mutt]

i'll never understand the art world - to me it's the Emperor's New Clothes.

if i saw that at a garage sale and had 5 dollars to spend it wouldn't be on that painting.

[Fletch XXX]

only on gfy, a naked slut posing nude = art

one f a kind painting by one of the greats = not worth $5

LOL

[CunningStunt]

Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

At least it wasn't a Pollock piece, I'd have to rage if that talentless fuck set the record...

Agreed. Pollock with a capital B.

[Davy]

To me this painting would maybe worth $20. Some people are just indecent...

[Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life]

At least Picasso painted something, as opposed to just slopping paint on a canvas like monkeys throw shit at each other...

[CunningStunt]

Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

At least Picasso painted something, as opposed to just slopping paint on a canvas like monkeys throw shit at each other...

If you had a thousand monkeys throwing cack at each other from 1000 typewriters over a thousand years, they'd write the entire works of U2.

[Elixir]

Serious business!!!!!

[cam_girls]

That's one expensive cartoon. Might send her to the color printer see if she inspires me

[ShellyCrash]

Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

At least Picasso painted something, as opposed to just slopping paint on a canvas like monkeys throw shit at each other...

Agreed. I kinda find this a dissapointing painting to break the mark, but there is no doubt the man was a capable artist.

I like his blue period over most of his really abstracts, but I can appreciate some of the work like "Guernica".

I agree w/ Mutt, a good deal of modern art is the Emperor's New Clothes. Some of Picasso's work he turned out later in life - by his own admissions- was crap. He would scribble on napkins at restaurants to pay tabs. He was the blueprint for Warhol, "Let's see what these rich fucks will buy today!"

[Fletch XXX]

This thread brought to you by the word: priceless

When people pay 3 million dollar for a ball thrown in a game, painting of this nature are worth every penny of 100 mil. It is PRICELESS folks.

[Scott McD]

So umm, what do you do with it once you have paid for it ?

So it's priceless. You still can't do shit with it. I know plenty of other ways i'd rather spend $100m on.



And i don't care who the fuck painted it...

[John-ACWM]

Yup, maybe the most notorious painter!

[L-Pink]

It would take that 100 million to get me to hang it on my living room wall.


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[SomeCreep]

Picasso was elite.

[Raf1]

Originally Posted by Scott McD

So umm, what do you do with it once you have paid for it ?

So it's priceless. You still can't do shit with it. I know plenty of other ways i'd rather spend $100m on.



And i don't care who the fuck painted it...

it's sort of like an extension of the penis. Once you're past Maybachs and yachts, this is the kind of thing you buy to feel better about yourself. That's the only reason I can think of...

[bloggerz]

i'm in the wrong biz

[Serge Litehead]

lol at guys saying Picasso is crap... Picasso is part of human culture, his name will be know many generations after we die. 106mil for piece of true history of the great known human kind is not that much.
i bet many of you collected and traded baseball cards dreaming some day one of your cards would become true piece of history and you scoring big time

[96ukssob]

thats insane. funny what people with to much money buy

[Jarmusch]

Originally Posted by Scott McD

So umm, what do you do with it once you have paid for it ?

You sit on it for a few years, then sell it for a few million more.

Most people see this as a waste of money. Whoever bought it sees it as an investment.

[Caligari]

Originally Posted by ShellyCrash

I agree w/ Mutt, a good deal of modern art is the Emperor's New Clothes. Some of Picasso's work he turned out later in life - by his own admissions- was crap. He would scribble on napkins at restaurants to pay tabs. He was the blueprint for Warhol, "Let's see what these rich fucks will buy today!"

yes but the difference with Warhol is that he found really good artists and some great works came out of the factory. If you haven't seen any of Paul Morrisey's films- "Trash" "Bad" "3D Dracula" ahaha hilarious stuff.

Comparing apples and apples i'd take an artist like Van Gogh over Picasso any day.

[PenisFace]

Originally Posted by Jarmusch

100 million for a painting that looks like that? I drew stuff better using macaroni in kindergarten.

edit: Just ask my mom, she'll tell you!

[BestXXXPorn]

Originally Posted by Jarmusch

You sit on it for a few years, then sell it for a few million more.

Most people see this as a waste of money. Whoever bought it sees it as an investment.

You beat me to it :P

Art is an investment at this level... Some people buy well known works of art knowing they will most likely appreciate over time. Some modern art guys buy pieces from "up and comers" hoping to hit on an artist before they become big.

Art is for collectors that have more money than most and have decided to move on from comic books, coins, stamps, and any other collectible.

However I will say that the modern art market is complete BS. The value of everything is based off of what is "on trend" and whomever is "hot" at the time... The value is set by art brokers and dealers which is "as much as they can get for it". I also feel resentment towards the modern art scene as they complete discount ALL and ANY comic or fantasy style artwork. There are some ungodly talented fantasy painters out there but they receive no recognition from the "art scene" even though they are vastly more talented than many "modern artists"...

[dyna mo]

a museum could of easily been the buyer, especially since this painting has only seen the light of day once in the last 50 years.

an art investor who drops $106 million on this piece certainly is not looking at it as an opportunity to sit on it for a few years and make a couple million, which turns out to be, what, less than 3% return on investment. that's some shrewd investing right there.

i like the piece, there is a lot going in it and I would love to see it in person.

[LoveSandra]

Originally Posted by RadicalSights

what a pile of crap

[yuu.design]

lucky guy!...


:P

[Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life]

Originally Posted by ShellyCrash

Agreed. I kinda find this a dissapointing painting to break the mark, but there is no doubt the man was a capable artist.

I like his blue period over most of his really abstracts, but I can appreciate some of the work like "Guernica".

I agree w/ Mutt, a good deal of modern art is the Emperor's New Clothes. Some of Picasso's work he turned out later in life - by his own admissions- was crap. He would scribble on napkins at restaurants to pay tabs. He was the blueprint for Warhol, "Let's see what these rich fucks will buy today!"

Guernica was a great painting that I too appreciate. I also had a phase when I was super impressed by cubism and what Picasso did to build the style.

A lot of artists goto crap, look at Dali, his later stuff was just shit.

[Fletch XXX]

ive stood next to crying people in front of guernica, people who dont understand art never will, but calling it "shit" well, thats like someone who doesnt know about wine tasting, or coffee etc... Picasso as mentioned, is a treasure to humanity. People who bash him have nothing to compare of their own they have created thats for sure.

[Mr. Romance]

Wow art is amazing! We are in the art business as well!

Mr. Romance

[Spunky]

Insane,somebody with too much money

[WarChild]

I guess it's all really a matter of perspective. To most of us, the thought of having $100 Million dollars is overwhelming, let alone having $100 Million dollars to spend on something that gives you pleasure (art). To someone who's inherited old school money has made more in interest in the time it's taken me to write this message than I will earn in my entire life combined, it's nothing. Besides, it's not like it's going to LOSE value. The money isn't really "gone".

[CYF]

Originally Posted by Jarmusch

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Serious business.

that's not bad for a day's work

[Bman]

the irony ..people on gfy who cant see worth in anything lol

[ShellyCrash]

Originally Posted by Angry Jew Cat

Guernica was a great painting that I too appreciate. I also had a phase when I was super impressed by cubism and what Picasso did to build the style.

A lot of artists goto crap, look at Dali, his later stuff was just shit.

We have a huge Dali museum here in St. Pete. It's pretty wild to visit. Most of his work that you see in huge prints sold as office art are in reality almost minute, and then some of his works that you would expect to be smaller scale are floor to ceiling, so large even if you can't stand back and appreciate the big picture you can at least be amazed by the skill it would take to create something on such a grand scale.

Dali fell apart in the later years as well, but with him even to the end I always got the impression he was trying to do something that would be viewed as new, unlike Picasso and Warhol who began to create purely for profit, knowing people would pay as long as they signed their name. Alot of Andy's work he didn't even make himself... but I digress.

Returning to Dali, even though it wasn't one of his shining moments, I've always been amused by lobster phone:



I'm impressed someone got this shot. You can tell they snuck it with the flash off. Last time I went they noticed my camera bag and it was if I had my own security detail.

[TheSenator]

The rich getting richer....


The fart money that is worth more the 10 of your lifetimes put together.


and if you are reading this ....you are not the wealthy rich...LOL

[Angry Jew Cat - Banned for Life]

Originally Posted by ShellyCrash

We have a huge Dali museum here in St. Pete. It's pretty wild to visit. Most of his work that you see in huge prints sold as office art are in reality almost minute, and then some of his works that you would expect to be smaller scale are floor to ceiling, so large even if you can't stand back and appreciate the big picture you can at least be amazed by the skill it would take to create something on such a grand scale.

Dali fell apart in the later years as well, but with him even to the end I always got the impression he was trying to do something that would be viewed as new, unlike Picasso and Warhol who began to create purely for profit, knowing people would pay as long as they signed their name. Alot of Andy's work he didn't even make himself... but I digress.

Returning to Dali, even though it wasn't one of his shining moments, I've always been amused by lobster phone:



I'm impressed someone got this shot. You can tell they snuck it with the flash off. Last time I went they noticed my camera bag and it was if I had my own security detail.

In his later years even Dali's primary motivation became profit.

Anything from the 70's onward was pretty dull. I can't even say i was a fan of much of what he did from the mid 50s through the 60's. the bulk of his best work took place in the 30's/40's. Some would argue this and say he was expanding his range and trying new things, I tend to think he was just going a more commercial route as his name became more valuable.