Re: Art Collecting/Investing
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does anyone else find it disturbing that an artist sells his work? does he make two copies?
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If it's a serious artist or a significant work there will be prints. Usually the artist will sell the original and a limited series of prints, and keep one of the prints for their portfolio.
Most struggling working artists will have a bunch of unsold prints of earlier works wadded up in a closet.
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It sounds like you're just talking about printmakers, where yes, limited edtitions are common. So are unlimited editions.
But plenty of mediums don't lend themselves to "copies." I got more of an angsty, giving-up-my-baby vibe from the original question.
It doesn't strike me as odd, personally, but some artists will make something and then not sell it. I've certainly heard of that.
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