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Subject: [Leica] Re: Vs: Re: price of art prints (was re: kyle's fine art)
From: Alastair Firkin <firkin@ncable.net.au>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:18:16 +1100
References: <61BD2551-35F7-11D6-8650-003065D4DE46@sohogurus.net>

>When I was a young boy, my class went on a field trip to the 
>Metropolitan Museum of Art. Van Gogh was my hero that year, so when 
>we entered the room that held the van Goghs, I peeled off from the 
>group and sat on a bench, staring at one of the sunflower paintings. 
>Soon my classmates left, and I was alone. Staring at the painting, 
>with the murmur of footsteps in the background, I was entranced to 
>be sitting alone in a roomful of van Gogh's colorful paintings. 
>After a restful pause, I left my seat, and walked toward the 
>painting, and stopped only inches away. Enchanted by the swirling 
>colors and thick, pasty pigment, I reached up and plucked off a 
>small piece of paint and put it in my change pocket. I then left to 
>meet up with my class.
>>>
>>>Yeah - van Gogh never sold any paintings in his life.
>>>All the best!
>>>Raimo
>>
>>I heard that after he died, a farmer used some of his paintings to patch
>>holes in a fence or barn.

No wonder he couldn't sell his paintings --- they were all damaged ;-)
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