Ugly, Base - Alexandrianism Inverted
In the same way today certain plastic representations are the expression of an intransigent materialism, of a recourse to everything that compromises the powers that be in matters of form, ridiculing the traditional entities, naively rivaling stupefying scarecrows.
- George Bataille
Pablo Picasso
Glass of Absinthe, 1914
Georges Pompidou Center, Paris
Not For Sale
Marcel Duchamp
Fountain, 1917
(Voted the Most Important Work of Art of the 20th Century)
Readymade Porceline Urinal
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Not For Sale
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale, 1959
Christie's Auction House, New York
Sale Price: $1.8 million
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale (La fine di Dio), 1963
oil and glitter on canvas
Christie's Auction House, New York
Sale Price: $15.5 million
Piero Manzoni
Artist's Breath, 1960
balloon, wood and lead seals
Tate Museum, London
Selling Price: ?
Piero Manzoni
Can of Artist's Shit, 1961
tin can with paper wrapping with unidentified contents
Tate Museum London
Selling Price: sold for its own weight in gold.
(not a lie - now, that's some real alchemy for you)
- George Bataille
Pablo Picasso
Glass of Absinthe, 1914
Georges Pompidou Center, Paris
Not For Sale
Marcel Duchamp
Fountain, 1917
(Voted the Most Important Work of Art of the 20th Century)
Readymade Porceline Urinal
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Not For Sale
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale, 1959
Christie's Auction House, New York
Sale Price: $1.8 million
Lucio Fontana
Concetto Spaziale (La fine di Dio), 1963
oil and glitter on canvas
Christie's Auction House, New York
Sale Price: $15.5 million
Piero Manzoni
Artist's Breath, 1960
balloon, wood and lead seals
Tate Museum, London
Selling Price: ?
Piero Manzoni
Can of Artist's Shit, 1961
tin can with paper wrapping with unidentified contents
Tate Museum London
Selling Price: sold for its own weight in gold.
(not a lie - now, that's some real alchemy for you)