I really must be missing something

Stuart-MStuart-M Registered Users Posts: 157 Major grins
edited November 21, 2011 in The Big Picture
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5496716

PS, sorry, just realised it's the wrong forum, can a mod move it please.
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  • IcebearIcebear Registered Users Posts: 4,015 Major grins
    edited November 12, 2011
    The reason the price was so low was that it's an edition of six. Would have been higher had it been a one-of-a-kind. Though why anyone would want to make another copy of it is beyond my limited ability to appreciate art. The thing that leapt into my tiny brain was "The Emperors New Clothes."
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,130 moderator
    edited November 12, 2011
    This looked like a "Big Picture" topic to me.

    Gursky is hot stuff right now.

    A partial explanation is here:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/nov/11/andreas-gursky-rhine-ii-photograph

    I'll admit that I don't understand the value of this image either, but I suspect it looses a lot in the tiny web size. After all, the original print is 80" x 140".
    ziggy53
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  • Manfr3dManfr3d Registered Users Posts: 2,008 Major grins
    edited November 21, 2011
    Looks like the value is in the brand and not the product. If I had produced this image it surely woudn't be worth that much to anyone *sight* :)
    “To consult the rules of composition before making a picture is a little like consulting the law of gravitation before going for a walk.”
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