Wow, that's a great print, such a dramatic and simple and sure-of-itself image. My
guess, though, is that the gallery added on the part about it being our Joni. The
painting the print comes from was done in 1966. Was Joni even in California then? And
the red hair and woman's muscular arms and legs don't make me think of Joni. The pose
itself does, no problem there (although Joni's always been private about her sex life
so if
this is supposed to be her, I doubt the painting comes from direct observation). Or
maybe it's a fantasy about our Joni; wouldn't be the first time an artist has
portrayed things only imagined. For me to believe the gallery's claim, I'd have to
hear the artist himself saying it's specifically a picture of JM. Can't always trust
galleries; they'll say most anything to get the highest price. And this print isn't
even from the
gallery directly so the claim is even harder to check out.
The opening price of about $70 makes me a little suspicious, too, about this being an
actual print and not a "poster" type reproduction, especially if it was originally
sold by a gallery; a hand-pulled print of anything would cost a lot more than that.
And Julius, what is this hint about you moving to New York City? You're right about no
one here batting an eye at this image... the more wanton displays of sexuality the
better we all say... oh wait, we used to say that... Mayor Rudy has tried to get us
all to behave properly and be Disneyish now (very odd seeing Mickey and Goofy
alongside the few remaining XXX places in Times Square).... but he's only got a year of
mayorhood left, so there's hope for us all to soon toss off the oppression of squeaky
cleanness and return to reality. :-) (although it does look like Disney's here to stay
for a while, but maybe Mickey and pals will do some changing... ya never know).
But back to you moving to NYC... are you going to do that? You seem like Mr. Sunshine
itself with that smile of yours so that would be great, for me, for us all, and for
you too I hope... very exciting. Please keep us informed.
Debra Shea
NP: Mary Coughlan, "Seduced".... what a great song on this most enjoyable tape I've
just received. Thank you so much, Azeem. I love the whole tape but this side, with
Mary's sexy smoky voice, is my favorite (at the moment anyway :-).
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I ran across an interesting Joni item on eBay just now. It's a signed and numbered
>print of a 1969 erotic painting by renowned UK bluesman and erstwhile artist John
>Mayall titled "Joni's Favorite." ...
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=543469390
>
> .... I guess I could store it someplace til I move to New York City, where I could
>hang it prominently and no one would bat an eye.
