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Post by volvic on Nov 15, 2012 23:30:43 GMT -8
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Post by prpr on Nov 16, 2012 1:10:53 GMT -8
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Post by sport1 on Nov 16, 2012 2:07:36 GMT -8
So Mugrabi the buyer and $290 the price , sounds just about right to me !! Is this legit , who knows imo very very doubtful but I really didnt expect anything different from the first Fold to market and actually thought it could of gone for potentially more. Yesterdays 2 pieces in the Christies day sale failed to sell though !!
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Post by volvic on Nov 16, 2012 6:05:38 GMT -8
'Jose Mugrabi, the New York dealer, took home Ms. Auerbach’s 2010 painting “Untitled (Fold),” described in the catalog as an “optical puzzle” of folding and unfolding spray-painted creases. Estimated at $200,000 to $300,000, Mr. Mugrabi bought it for $240,000, or $290,500 with fees. Another record price for an artist at auction was set for Dan Colen. “S&M,” one of the artist’s abstract canvases created only of chewing gum that was expected to bring $200,000 to $300,000, was bought by Wendy Cromwell, an art adviser, for $480,000, or $578,500 with fees.'
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Post by rizza79 on Nov 16, 2012 9:02:36 GMT -8
i also read this after my post last night. I wonder if Mugrabi has other Auerbach works?
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Post by afroken on Nov 16, 2012 16:47:44 GMT -8
Maybe I'm being simplistic, but given his standing as a collector couldn't Mugrabi just have walked in to Paula Cooper and bought a 10x bigger canvas for a 10th of the price? It just makes no sense to me why such an important collector would need to pay so much for such a small and recent work, unless it was to make a very public statement. The only rational explanation is a crude attempt at market manipulation.
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Post by sleepboy on Nov 16, 2012 18:27:40 GMT -8
Maybe I'm being simplistic, but given his standing as a collector couldn't Mugrabi just have walked in to Paula Cooper and bought a 10x bigger canvas for a 10th of the price? It just makes no sense to me why such an important collector would need to pay so much for such a small and recent work, unless it was to make a very public statement. The only rational explanation is a crude attempt at market manipulation. After hearing that name, I would think the family has like 20 of these paintings in their warehouse and now he will just upbid any other piece that comes up for auction. |
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Post by drevil on Nov 16, 2012 18:39:39 GMT -8
In other words, it is a crude attempt at market manipulation. As afroken stated.
If you have a fold canvas you now have a Mugrabi backed floor on the value.
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Post by ricosg11 on Nov 16, 2012 19:42:59 GMT -8
the naive and altruistic part of me wants to believe Paula Cooper is above slangin to the Mugrabis. whatever.
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Post by sport1 on Nov 17, 2012 1:59:14 GMT -8
A pure attempt at market manipulation in my eyes and in that case im surprised it didnt sell for quite alot more !
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Post by mose on Nov 17, 2012 4:39:47 GMT -8
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Post by rosenblumari on Nov 30, 2012 7:17:54 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2012 9:56:03 GMT -8
paddle8.com has a couple of her prints on auction...hype machine begins
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Post by sport1 on Dec 1, 2012 4:03:28 GMT -8
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Post by gilsteph on Dec 1, 2012 5:32:43 GMT -8
It makes me a bit sad when I see art that was produced a year ago going to auction. There was a lot of people that missed out of the cheaper price tier and I dont think this helps the artist in the long run. Ho hum....still I will be watching to see what price it goes for. Im just concerned it will be "talked up" too much. |
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Post by ricosg11 on Dec 1, 2012 8:25:15 GMT -8
rest easy, Tauba has been elevated to a tier where works like this are insignificant to the trajectory of her career.
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Post by Duveen on Dec 2, 2012 11:02:35 GMT -8
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Post by ricosg11 on Dec 11, 2012 16:23:32 GMT -8
anyone see where these finished? |
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Post by gilsteph on Dec 13, 2012 10:46:13 GMT -8
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Post by volvic on Dec 13, 2012 16:37:28 GMT -8
crazy price
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2012 8:50:36 GMT -8
Especially considering how new they are. Incidentally, another pair at paddle8.com |
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Post by afroken on Jan 5, 2013 3:42:08 GMT -8
WILL BROWN is pleased to present CONGRATULATIONS! by TAUBA AUERBACH: A Limited Edition Will Brown Fun(d)raiser To celebrate the dawn of an exciting new year, multi-talented artist Tauba Auerbach has created a very special limited edition set of CONGRATULATIONS! buttons available exclusively through Will Brown, San Francisco’s favorite experimental exhibition space. All proceeds will go toward continued programming at Will Brown’s Mission District storefront gallery. Pinback button with five hand-cut grosgrain ribbons attached 4" x 9" Signed and numbered Edition of 150 www.wearewillbrown.com/project/congratulations-w-tauba-auerbach/ |
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Post by rizza79 on Jan 5, 2013 5:05:25 GMT -8
gone
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Post by prpr on Jan 5, 2013 10:31:11 GMT -8
the congratulation buttons/ribbons are really nice in person (bigger button than i imagined, some magic in the overall look&feel of it). they remind me somewhat of the Paulson Bott fold/slice prints (e.g., www.paulsonbottpress.com/artists/auerbach_taub/foldslice1.html). the pattern movement (from button to ribbons) also feels like a frozen moment in a digital animation (the ribbon pattern jumped forward, or back, one step from the button pattern) - which i think is part of the magic for me. last of them still available at wearewillbrown for $150 each. |
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Post by saL on Jan 5, 2013 11:55:06 GMT -8
the congratulation buttons/ribbons are really nice in person (bigger button than i imagined, some magic in the overall look&feel of it). any chance you have a photo of the actual button.. Im not really sure how this looks from what's shown on the website.. thanks! |
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