$17,4000,000??? Really?

[underpants]

"No. 6 (Yellow, White, Blue over Yellow on Gray)" by Mark Rothko, 1954, fetched 17.4 million dollars, a record for the artist, Sotheby's announced.(AFP/OFF)

I wouldn't want anyone to know I paid THAT much for something I could do either

The 1954 Rothko piece, which had been expected to bring in 9-12 million dollars, went to an anonymous bidder for 17.4 (sic) million.


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/us_art_auction

[jimbo fett]

1. I love Rothko. Would I pay that much $ for it? Only if I had plenty more $

[Fenris]

3. I agree. Ever been to the Rothko Chapel in Houston?

Fantastic place.

[jimbo fett]

7. Yes! That's what "cinched" my love for his paintings.

I've tried to describe the experience to people - that it really is a spiritual experience sitting in there surrounded by his large canvasses - but they just don't get it.

You have to see his work in person.

[Fenris]

10. I've spent many an hour in there.

It's the most peaceful place I've ever been to.

[Fridays Child]

2. My masterpiece: "White Over White Beneath White On White"

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Ooh, you're a suprematist!

I love the supremetist school.

[underpants]

6. BRILLIANT! Can I bid for it on e-bay?

or can I just give you my bank information so that you can take all the money you want because obviously I shouldn't be trusted with it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. All I can say is - go ahead and paint one!

Give it a shot.

[underpants]

8. Some of my earlier work

[ladjf]

9. Your piece looks a hellofa lot better than the 17.4 million one.

[jimbo fett]

11. Just because you don't appreciate Rothko doesn't negate his work.

Art is always subjective.

[ladjf]

19. You are so right. I'm one of those to whom painting doesn't

reach me. But, music and literture do.

[underpants]

12. Thank you I was going for a more non-boxy feel

But of course I am terribly tormented as it is not perfect in my eye.

Five DOLLARS? Can I get Five DOLLARS for it?

[Rabrrrrrr]

13. I'll give you 12 million for it

Unless you'd like more.

:-)

[underpants]

14. Yes yes I would

As it was explained to me by an art student when I was in college

"But HE did it first!"

This in response to my dismay at "art" that looked like anyone could make.

[rock]

17. I rather like it

Nice

[sniffa]

15. it's the new iraqi fLag

and for that price, it's a bargain

[underpants]

16. THAT's where I had seen it before

Thanks

[Philostopher]

18. Rothko always makes me think of ...

Kurt Vonnegut's 'Bluebeard,' I believe it was, where the narrator is a modern artist who did a big mural for a corporation using household paints that suddenly degraded and started flaking off a few years later. His career, if I remember the plot correctly, was ruined because the house paint was defective.