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GinaArt Newsletter
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July 2006 - Vol 1, Issue 1
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In This Issue
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Quick Links
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Buying Art on a Budget
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What is the deal with art anyway? Am I missing out by not investing in art? But can I even afford good art? Is it really worth looking into? Where do I start? So many questions and they are all good! The answers: let's talk; yes; yes; yes; and you're already there!!
Good art is increasingly available to a wider market and collections can be realized on any budget. From the serious to the novice, collectors are also turning to fine art as an investment. When chosen wisely, it can be lucrative but I think the key to becoming a successful art collector is with this simple advise:
- Buy only art you like
- Buy the piece you can live with forever without
- If you like it, if it "speaks" to you, you will never regret the purchase, regardless of its future value
My own collection reflects my passions for religious icons (Warhol's "St. Apollonia"), Pop Art (Lichtenstein's "As I Opened Fire") Masters works (Miro and Calder) and my desire to explore art of not as well known but highly established artists such as Jean Carzou and Frederic Menguy. All were extremely affordable (as little as $75) and worth more today than the day I bought them.
Once you begin collecting art, it's easy to become addicted. So remember - a good collection can be had on any budget and most of all - the value of an artwork is in the heart of the beholder!
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I've grouped a unique selection of art for the collector on a budget. I have chosen two distinctive artists from the group to feature. The complete selection of art is diverse and inspiring and all are excellent “starter” pieces with potential for increased value.
–GINA BRACAMONTE
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Richard Lindner - "24 Hour Service"
Last May, at Sotheby's Auction House in New York, a Richard Lindner drawing on paper sold for $12,000. That same evening, a small painting sold for $27,000, another for $66,000!
Although not a household name, Lindner is highly acclaimed and well known in the world of art.
In his early years, he worked as a magazine illustrator for Vogue, Fortune and Harper's Bazarre. His works are infused with personal imagination. His signature figural works are shown in surreal setting with garish bright colors and flat forms and faces with severe expressions. Richard Lindner was a fascinating artist and his works are a unique and celebrated example of the pop art movement.
Although Lindner's limited edition works are becoming more valuable and increasingly hard to find, for now they are still attainable to the modest budget. I have made recent acquisitions of select and highly sought after Lindner works and my excellent purchase prices have been passed on and are reflected in my price points to you.
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Marino Marini - "Cavalo e Cavalier"
Piazza San Pancrazio is the first contemporary art museum in Florence, Italy and it houses more than 170 works of Marino Marini, one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His 21-foot-tall bronze of a horse and rider dominates the main gallery.
Although best known for his sculptures of a figure mounted on a horse, his drawings are often much livelier and more attractive. The original piece "Cavallo e Cavaliere," is a gouache and pen and India ink on paper that measures 32 by 24 1/8 inches. Executed in 1954 it went to auction and had a modest estimate of $40,000 to $60,000. It sold for $142,400.
Marini gained international renown in the 1950s with three major exhibitions of his work in Amsterdam, Brussels, and New York where his "Great Horse" is displayed in the Rockefeller Collection. He has had exhibitions in almost every major city in the world as well as prizes, medals and awards. Marini died in 1980, but his sculptures, paintings and graphics - live on, a continuing testament to a "Master" artist.
I have made several very good acquisitions of Marini's works. His works are sophisticated, complex and brilliant all at once and you can own a signed and numbered edition piece or a high quality screenprint.
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