Showing posts with label Agnes Martin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Agnes Martin. Show all posts

Sunday, May 2, 2010

The Late Agnes Martin's Desert Scene...........hmmm

Agnes Martin's desert scene: source, Montreal Gazette

Some are saying its a slam dunk to become the most expensive painting in Canadian art history and to eclipse the 2002 Sotheby sale value of Paul Kane's, North West Portrait.



Its your call. Would you spend more than 5.1 million dollars to hang this over your desk in your oak panneled office, or over your sofa?

To read one of the many articles on this which are floating around the media now, please click here.
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