About that 'vaguely dodgy porn'
February 23 2012
Picture: Christie's
Last week I posted a picture, 'Sleeping Beauty' (above) coming up for sale at Christie's, and wondered whether it was quite the sort of thing Mr Christie had in mind when he started the firm in 1766. A reader writes:
No, I don't suppose Mr. Christie had that in mind in 1766, but might his successors have had Bouguereau in mind -- he must have been a better painter, but still somewhat 'vaguely dodgy porn", perhaps?
A very valid point. But I'm not sure Aydemir Saidov, talented though he is, is the next Bouguereau. And incidentally, just for fun, what do we think Mr Christie would have made of this?
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