barbapearl's Profile

I'm a private art dealer, and I certainly can't always afford to smoke the dope I peddle, there are more and more sources for affordable editioned works everyday.

For instance, Greige, Works on Whatever / the Art Production Fund has some great Richard Phillips multiples on canvas that have the feeling of original paintings (only $250):

http://www.worksonwhatever.com/propart.aspx

And there is Exhibition A, which also has been doing the editioned works on canvas thing too, also at affordable prices:

http://www.exhibitiona.com/pages/home.aspx

These works may never really appreciate in value, but I'm a fan of these editions because they're often much more affordable and have more impact than a print framed up with glass.

I looove Albers in general, and the prints can really can be quite affordable... Once I sold this set, "Formulation: Articulation," which is comprised of 127 prints -- the two volumes were $2,000. Break that up between ten friends, everyone can have 12+ prints for $200!

Be careful, these furniture / design websites aren't always the best places to buy art, they'll really milk you sometime. Fab.com, which I adore for home furnishings, has offered not-authentic, inspired-by Warhol prints, which were really glorified posters.

Oh, Peachpie -- yes, I probably should've put the David Hicks-covered ottoman (fabric was $14 on eBay!) between the chairs for the picture, it definitely would've made more sense. I guess I left it where it usually receives my feet!

So, vinyl benches are Stendig and were bought at Get Back Inc. in CT (www.getbackinc.com) -- it's a huge multi-floor warehouse filled with Herman Miller, Knoll, and other mid-century and machine age furniture. Seriously, it was tempting to buy chairs to sell at a markup back in the city; everything just needed a little cleaning.

I grew up coloring and doing homework on that coffee table, so who knows where the parents bought it in the '70s? I just painted it green.

It's like a sculpture you can sit on!