NAVIGATIONALL ARTISTS
Boy
with Pipe or Garcon a la Pipe, 1905. A painting by Pablo
Ruiz Picasso
In 1905, soon after moving to Montmartre, France, the 24 year old Pablo
Picasso painted what would someday become the highest selling piece of
art in history. In 2004, this amazing piece brought in over $100 million
shattering the record previously held for a work of art. (See Vincent
van Gogh) It is oil on canvas whose subject, a local boy who would
visit Picasso’s studio, is holding a pipe and wearing a garland
or wreath of flowers. Though many art critics say the high price is due
more to the name than to the painting, this Rose Period piece is still
an amazing work of art.
Pepe Karmel, a Picasso expert, was quoted in the Washington Post: "I'm
stunned," he said, "that a pleasant, minor painting could command
a price appropriate to a real masterwork by Picasso. This just shows how
much the marketplace is divorced from the true values of art."
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Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. - Pablo Ruiz Picasso