This week, Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold at auction for a record $106.5 million. This one, I like. Not that it's worth that much, but at least is isn't disturbing to look at just after breakfast. : )
*Possible slight exaggeration
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Picasso is not my friend
My first 12 hours in Vienna were not very excellent. First we got lost trying to find the hotel in the dark after traveling by train from Hungary, then we slept (I was jet-lagged and kept waking up), then we went out into the beautiful Viennese morning and visited a Picasso exhibit at the Albertina. Not so great. Picasso is not one of those painters who painted just a few very good paintings. He painted a million paintings*, many of them less than awesome. After spending the morning looking at Picasso's strange rendition of sex in painting after painting after painting, I was ready to not eat lunch and go do something less disturbing. Luckily, Vienna had a lot more in store. All told, it is one of my very favorite cities.
This week, Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold at auction for a record $106.5 million. This one, I like. Not that it's worth that much, but at least is isn't disturbing to look at just after breakfast. : )
*Possible slight exaggeration
This week, Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold at auction for a record $106.5 million. This one, I like. Not that it's worth that much, but at least is isn't disturbing to look at just after breakfast. : )
*Possible slight exaggeration
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I've tried to block out the more disturbing ones from my memory - but I remember liking his "Still Life with Cat and Lobster" at the Albertina (however, just now when I was trying to find it via Google I discovered his "Lobster and Cat" at the Guggenheim - my new favorite Picasso). :)
Just checked it out. That is damn funny!
Link is here:http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/collections/collection-online/show-full/piece/?search=Lobster%20and%20Cat&page=&f=Title&object=91.3916
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