Henry On Pop Art

Artwork: Well Known Artists or Emerging Artists? Who should you collect?

I recently lost a sale with a good client. The work in question is by an up and coming emerging artist with no auction track record. The piece looked amazing in my client's home and they both loved it. 

The artist is doing very well and believes the artwork should command higher and higher prices. In this case, my clients decided that their money would be better spent putting those dollars toward work by an investment grade artist. I can't blame them as the work in question was on the higher side and they've smartly invested in some very good pieces that have great upside potential. Now that they have a taste of artwork that appreciates, they've made that a consideration for acquisitions. 

The artist is now willing to lower the prices. Hopefully this incident will be remembered by the artist and his manager. 

I believe that collectors need to have a mix of big name artists as well as emerging artists in their portfolio. None of us know what the future will bring and that emerging artist you collect today may be the next Andy Warhol, Picasso or Jeff Koons!

 

Artwork's rapid rise in Value... Warhol, Haring, Lichtenstein, Robert Longo

The Art market is interesting. That is an understatement.

A piece of art can hard to sell one year and two years later, it becomes impossible to find and the price has doubled or tripled. Why some pieces go from "cold" to "hot" is a mystery. Of course, some pieces go from "hot" to "cool" but rarely "cold"! 

So, when does an art piece hit the "too high" price? Who knows! I wish I knew the answer. 

Collectors, heed this advice: If you find something you love and have to have, buy it. It might unavailable and too expensive tomorrow. 

 

 

 

 

Interior Series, Roy Lichtenstein - 1990-91.

Published and printed by Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles, Roy Lichtenstein's Interior Series consists of eight prints:

• Bedroom
• La Sortie
• The Den
• The Living Room
• Red Lamps
• Modern Room
• Yellow Vase
• Blue Floor

They are Lithographs, Woodcuts and Screenprints. Depending on the title, all or some of the printing method combinations were used. These large prints are some of his most popular works!

The artwork depicted on the walls of some rooms is his own. Simplified versions of Andy Warhol's "Mao" is featured in Modern Room and Warhol's "Flowers" in "Yellow Vase".

Modern Room

 

The Living Room

 

La Sortie

Pop Art Colors!

Part of Pop Art's appeal is the vibrant colors! Pop artists used an array of bright colors, some fluorescent, that "Pop" from the work. Below are some examples of Keith Haring's work from the Pop Shop series. 

 

I Love Keith Haring! And the artwork he produced....!!

Keith Haring was instrumental in the Pop Art movement and the demand for his artwork continues. 

Here are a few of my favorite prints:

 Untitled "Ladderman"....... very hard to find.

 

 Growing 2...... 

 

 Growing 4

 

 Retrospect....... so very hard to find....