<IMG class="inline_image" SRC="https://images.wsj.net/im-90626660?width=700&size=1.7728531855955678&pixel_ratio=1.5"> <BR><BR>Fairly large sized, roughly 5 ft. x 10 ft. (65 x 121½ in.) <BR><BR>Frame unknown, probably fairly nice.If you were attending the auction, how much would you bid?Under $100$100-200$200-500Over $500No interest whatsoever

While I have a fairly large cityscape painting on the wall of my office, this one wouldn't interest me. The quoted size is huge and looks like it might appeal most to someone with a large amount of open wall space and interested in the particular style/era.

Nothing interesting in it for me.

I wouldn’t buy it – too big – but I like it. Who painted it?

That looks like a print.
For me, zero.
For me with a huge garage that I was adding wall art to as place holder until I spend lottery winnings on some more gravity-fed pumps? I'd go $225 for the frame mainly.

Just too abstract on the building.

Looks like AI image, not to say AI can’t be art… or that this is AI…

I see no value in this, for me.

I'm in oil & gas. Myself, some of my coworkers, and some of the retirees I know have a nice collection of oil & gas collectibles. People like us and classic car collectors are likely the target audience.

I don't personally have room for 5'x10'.

Gives me a bit of an Edward Hopper feel. I like it. It would look good on the wall of a fully-outfitted garage. For the cost of materials alone (presuming it's an oil painting), I would feel comfortable right at $500.

OK, folks, that is a work by Los Angeles-based artist Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) entitled Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half.

"'Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half' is the great synthesis and climax of his masterpieces of the early 1960s,’ explains Christie’s Vice Chairman, Max Carter. ‘Monumental and rich in paradox, it is an icon of the post-war era, of the west, of American art."

The oil painting is being offered at auction by Christie's at their upcoming November 19, 2024 20th Century Evening Sale.

I'm changing my vote to Over $500.

Christie's

Ein more thing...

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Ed Ruscha’s Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half, 1964, is heading to auction next month with an estimate of US$50 million...

Barron's

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Originally posted by kkina:
Ein more thing...

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Ed Ruscha’s Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half, 1964, is heading to auction next month with an estimate of US$50 million...

Barron's

I already voted over $500, but with this Barron's estimate info my oil & gas buddies are no longer the target audience by quite a few zeros.

Looks like someone got Adobe Illustrator, spent a week on tutorials, then drew this thing.

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US$50 million.

I'm in the wrong line of work. I did paint-by-numbers as a kid that looked better than that.

This falls into the more money than sense category.

It’s not worth anything to me as I have no place to hang it.

As for the auction, I remember a saying ‘a fool and his money …’

Too big in scale for me otherwise if "normal" size then maybe.

I'm more of a "Dogs Playing Poker" person.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: egregore, October 15, 2024 08:28 PM

Interesting fella, the artist. I confess to never hearing of him before. Once tried painting with gunpowder.

If I owned a gas station, maybe. Otherwise, pass!

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US$50 million.