fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
2 months agoMatisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait-instead, his brother bought a bicycle
âA picture doesn't have a fixed value. Say I've a picture here and I normally ask 500 francs for it. Someone like Monsieur de Camondo [a very wealthy collector] arrives and takes a passing interest in it. My picture immediately goes up from 500 to 5,000 francs.â
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