Art as an investment Forbes

Written by Todd at AW

Forbes appears to be running some blog posts on art as an investment by writer Kathryn Tully. I will be keeping an eye on the posts to see how the financial magazine covers art as an investment. Many financial papers have been covering art as an investment, art as an asset class, art and financial returns, art as an alternative investment, etc. Call it what you may, art as an investment is certainly creeping into the lexicon of the financial press on a regular basis. And, for the most part, that is a good thing for appraisers.

Hand signed limted edition print by

Salvador Dali



The Famine by Salvador Dali

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The Famine

Hand signed by Salvador Dali in 1974

This is a high grade work on custom material/parchment.

Influence: "Moses and Monotheism" by Sigmund Freud

20" x 26"

on a custom material made by Art et Valeur in Paris France.

Mixed media, combination of lithography etching

Moses was chosen by God to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt and into the promised land. This epic journey was known as the Exodus and was dominated by the heroic figure of Moses.

Genesis 15:18 'In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:

About 2000BC Abraham was summoned by God who asked him to leave the deserts of Mesopotamia and head towards the land of Canaan.

Canaan at this time was prone to unpredictable crop failure and famine. It had one major disadvantage in that it didn't have a life-giving river system like the Nile in Egypt or the Euphrates and Tigres in Mesopotamia. So when it was struck by a severe famine around the 17th century BC, Abraham's grandson Jacob was forced to take his twelve sons to find food in Egypt.

 

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Marc Chagall Bible Series Naomi and her Daughters in Law

Much like Salvador Dali, many of Marc Chagalls finest prints were

created at Mourlot in Paris.

Naomi and her Daughters-in-Law

14 1/8" x 10 3/8"

Original color lithograph

Printed 1960

"And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband."

Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s,

"Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is".

Chagall spent eight years etching the plates for The Bible Series.

The copper plates were subsequently given to the Musee National Message Biblique in Nice by Marc and Vava Chagall.

Meyer Schapiro, noted art historian, made the observation that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task.

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Marc Chagall Boaz wakes up and sees Ruth at his feet

Here is an example of an affordable work that was printed from plates created by Chagall.

 

Boaz wakes up and sees Ruth at his feet

Original color lithograph, 1960. 14 1/8" x 10 3/8"

About Chagall:

Pablo Picasso remarked in the 1950s,

 "Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what colour really is".

Chagalls biography includes these comments:

"Chagalls ties with the Bible go very deep, his childhood in Russia had a big influence on his works"

Of the Bible, this is what Chagall said, "Ever since my earliest youth, I have been fascinated with the Bible. I have always believed…that it is the greatest source of poetry of all time…I have sought its reflection in life and art. The Bible is life, an echo of nature, and this is the secret I have endeavored to transmit."

He formed a business relationship with French art dealer Ambroise Vollard. This inspired him to begin creating etchings for a series of illustrated books, including Gogol's Dead Souls, the Bible, and the Fables of La Fontaine. These illustrations would eventually come to represent his finest printmaking efforts.

Chagall spent eight years etching the plates for The Bible Series.

The copper plates were subsequently given to the Musee National Message Biblique in Nice by Marc and Vava Chagall.

Meyer Schapiro, noted art historian, made the observation that Chagall was the ideal artist to have undertaken the task.

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Poseiden by Salvador Dali

Neptune (Poseidon)

19" x 30"

Printed in Paris France in 1963
Small worldwide edition of 270

There are restrikes of these, so all works must pass
inspection with a known Dali expert.

Printed on Arches with some printed on Japon paper.

From the "Mythology" series.

Condition is excellent!

RARE

Neptune was the Roman god of water and the sea in Roman mythology and religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon. In the Greek-influenced tradition, Neptune was the brother of Jupiter and Pluto, each of them presiding over one of the three realms of Heaven, Earth and the Netherigions.

There seems to be confusion as to the title of this work.

The Archives created by Albert Field lists the title as Neptune with Poseiden in parenthasis.

Neptune had power over Sea Water and Fresh water both.

As both characters were worshipped by the Romans/Greeks, it makes

sense that Dali might have referenced both in the same work.

Our price for this work is far below what others are asking.

There are only a few of these on the market.

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