Hi Frank ... A couple of years ago I visited a nearby gallery that had an exhibit of WES prints, and there were quite a number of prints "in the bins" that were also for sale. Relatively inexpensive works of art ... amazing print quality.
I highly recommend that everyone interested in photography hie thee to a gallery and see the great silver prints made by these masters and their printers. shel frank theriault wrote: > I was lucky enough to see a couple of Elliott Erwitt's works when a Magnum > 50 retrospective road show hit one of Toronto's galleries in the spring. It > was awe inspiring. They had prints of his shot of Kruschev (sp?) and Nixon > and the famous seagull on the lampost with the jet in the background. I > love that one! > > As an aside, it amazes me how much (or rather, how little) prints by some of > these modern masters go for. I took a peek at the pricebook while at the > Magnum show. Most were in the $2000 to $3000 US range, including iconic > prints such as "Death of a Loyalist Soldier" and the like. I know I posted > this before, but the most expensive was Mr. "I turn my back on photography, > it's not a real art form" Cartier-Bresson, who despite his position, sees > fit to ask $8000 a print for the kid with the wine bottles print. In fact, > I read a recent interview of him, where he became quite agitated when asked > about that photograph, and almost yelled words to the effect: "I hate that > photograph". But, he'll glady accept money or it, apparently <g>. > > I know, I know, HCB is a senile old man, it doesn't negate his earlier body > of work, but it's hard to hear one's heros say such things. > > Anyway, here's my point: It amazes me that we could buy authorized 8x10 > prints of some of the best known photographs ever taken, for such a small > amount of money. In what other of the visual arts would this be possible?
