Gursky
So this week Andreas Gursky sold another photograph and this one went for $4.3m. It was sold at Christies in New York and they commented the following:
“breathtaking masterpiece of scale and wonderment, as well as the icon of Andreas Gursky's pioneering photographic oeuvre" that “enwraps the viewer in the sheer beauty of its scene."
“Reaching out towards infinity, the work invokes a contemporary take on the ‘sublime’ with the astounding perfection of line and color achieved through the invocation of an apparently natural landscape."
The last piece of work he sold was slightly better in my eyes and he only managed to get $3.3m for it!
“breathtaking masterpiece of scale and wonderment, as well as the icon of Andreas Gursky's pioneering photographic oeuvre" that “enwraps the viewer in the sheer beauty of its scene."
“Reaching out towards infinity, the work invokes a contemporary take on the ‘sublime’ with the astounding perfection of line and color achieved through the invocation of an apparently natural landscape."
OK, you get more than a 10 x 8", in fact it's 1.8m x 3.6m, but still, fuck ... me!
If I was getting the same commission as Christies I would have given it more praise.
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| "Rhine 2 - Andreas Gursky ($4.3m)" |
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| "99 Cent 2 - Andreas Gursky ($3.3m)" |
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