I’m genuinely interested: Who is the man on the left, and what does the $2.1m number refer to?
Ed Ruscha’s “Hurting the Word Radio #2” was bought directly from the artist in the early 70s by Joan & Jack Quinn, for much less than $2.1m; they sold it for $52m.
Ed Ruscha’s “Hurting the Word Radio #2” was bought directly from the artist in the early 70s by Joan & Jack Quinn, for much less than $2.1m; they sold it for $52m.
cc @MasterworksIO who might be able to shed some light on this
Ok so mystery solved on who the man is, he’s a stock-photo model istockphoto.com/photo/ambition…
The only reference I can find to someone buying a Ruscha for $2.1m is when Marc Jacobs did it for a different work; that piece subsequently sold for... $1.7m google.com/amp/s/amp.ft.c…
Then if you scroll the ad to the right, you see this, which is even more puzzling. At least the Ruscha sold for what the ad says it sold for. In this case, neither the buying nor the selling price is correct.
George Bellows’ Polo Crowd was sold by MoMA, which received the painting via donation, and therefore paid $0 for it. And the selling price was $27.5m, not $21.1m.
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