Appraisers are professionally about value, but this Saturday’s appraisal day at the Heard Museum reminded me of something.
The man who bought one of the Oscar Howe paintings offered and sold by SavvyCollector.com, cherished a poster of this same painting by Howe for over 20 years. His financial success as a physician made it possible for him to achieve the actual painting. His modest poster created an appetite and longing for this beautiful painting.
Likewise, this Saturday someone presented two perfectly handsome screenprints by Gerald Nailor. Granted, they originally cost a relative of his 50 cents a piece, but the specialness of Nailor’s artistry was still conveyed.
We grow comfortable and fond of that which is familiar. Co-existing with art even in a less costly version can serve as a meaningful introduction to an artist’s special style of working.
This posting is intended to honor an interest in art seeded through reproductive posters and affordable screenprints. Relatively low in cost, these modalities of visual art can spur individuals to collect original art, when available discretionary income makes it possible.
Corinne Cain of www.SavvyCollector.com
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