Cosmetic heir and art collector Ronald Lauder (who began collecting art at age 14...) has landed Gustav Klimt's 1907 Portrait d'Adele Bloch-Bauer I, which will reside in his Neue Galerie, over on 5th and 86th, along the city's "Museum Mile."
Lauder reportedly paid anywhere from $138-145 million for the work which, at 138 x 138 cms, makes that about $7,300 bucks per square centimeter.
Once again, I'm clearly in the wrong business.
I like this one a lot.....
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hate to tell you, but there are about 140*140=19600 square centimeters on there. sorry to be a douche
I like that set of trees in front of the house too. It looks like a scene from Big Fish (the trees I mean). You might also be able to appreciate this information I have to share with you.
Dr. Mark Taylor, of Atlanta Live Media, is auctioning a large family collection of pencil and ink drawings by artist Charles S. Gibson (1892-1973) not to be confused with Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), who created the Gibson Girl, but they are still really nice pieces of artwork. This art is 100 years old and 75 pieces are available in one bundle.
I REALLY wish I could embed the pictures in this post for you. This is all pen & ink drawings and some of the structures are very impressive - like your post here.
There are also some pretty impressive muscle drawings in this collection - of the face, arms, legs, etc.
So if you are interested, check it out. Who knows, it might inspire you :)
http://www.atlworldmall.com/one-hundred-year-old-art-collection-for-sale-awesome/
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