Visual Art Jen Graves, Art Dealer
posted by February 12 at 15:38 PM
onA week ago today, Jen Graves posted this oil-on-linen painting by Linda Davidson, Genie, and the post got a ton of comments, including: “Oooooh I like that!” and “That’s stunning” and “Papa like” and “Bad ass!” Jubilation T. Cornball weighed in: “Wow. I could see this being done by a 19th Century English landscape artist. It’s got Industrial Revolution vibes all over it. And it’s gorgeous.”
You remember the one, right?
The day after it was posted, Jubilation T. Cornball posted another comment to the thread: “At lunch today, this I went to the gallery and, I am pleased to report, this painting became the newest addition to the Jubilation T. Cornball Collection of Modern Art. Thanks, Jen, for alerting me to this beautiful painting.”
It’s true. I just got off the phone with Catherine Person at Catherine Person Gallery and she told me how it went down last week: “My assistant got a call from a Stranger reader asking me if the painting was still available. And we said: ‘Yeah.’” They hadn’t noticed that the painting had just been one of Jen Graves’s daily Currently Hanging posts. Catherine Person Gallery gives images to the media all the time.
“I didn’t know it was even online and then this guy came in and said: ‘I saw it online and this is so what I’m into.’ I hadn’t met him before. I was so happy. I’ve had a lot of coverage before but nothing has resulted in a sale from print media. Not directly, like, ‘I saw it here and I’m buying it now.’ Not like that. It was great. And the guy’s great. I’m actually going to deliver the piece on Saturday to his house, because it was too big for his vehicle.”
The painting went for $1,900, plus tax. Linda Davidson has a solo show at Catherine Person Gallery in November.
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Uh oh, better alert Modern Art Notes about this conflict of interest!!
good grief! now that the SLOG world knows that Jubilation T Cornball can afford to spend that kind of money on a painting, he should be very, very popular...
I've always said it, Slog always had the potential to be another craigslist, only artsier. I have a barely used 1982 mountain bike for sale, with glow-in-the-dark stickers artfully placed on the frame by a real Northwest artist. Just 1200 bucks! Contact sale-98727831459823@slog.thestranger.com
I'm still looking for Daniel Plainview in this painting.
Can it scroll up and down on his wall? That's what really made it for me.
It's all true.
And to think, for that same amount of money, I could have bought Mr. Poe, instead...
I'm looking forward to my new painting and want to reiterate my thanks to Jen.
most heartwarming Slog story of the year so far
@6, Mr Poe would go for half of that price.
Let's not forget that it was almost certainly a violation of the artists' copyright to post the whole image in large form on this website.
And send a memo to the RIAA and MPAA.
Nice! I'd ask you to invite me and the missus over to admire it, but I'd just spill red wine on it.
#9 It depends on what kind of contract the artist signed with the gallery; in many cases there's a clause that allows the publication of images for promotion and marketing purposes but more importantly, I doubt the artist is very upset since they just made at least a grand off this deal...
I was all set to give Jube shit for spending $1900 on a painting, and then I realized that I've got knives (Randalls) worth more than that.
#9, #11 is correct. The artist may have signed a promotional waiver allowing reproduction of the work. My late other half was an artist and this type of agreement was not at all uncommon.
I often signed agreements on his behalf from galleries all over the world that held shows of his work in order to get advance promotion out. The agreements usually allowed them "reasonable reproduction rights" (RRR) to use images of the work to promote the show. RRR is a nebulous term, but it never caused any issues for us. Most people exercise good sense in what's reasonable.
Wow so how big is it, anyway?
(*jellis*)
@8 the painting could go for twice!
@12 is that a threat?!?!
:)
Jubilation is lucky. It is a stunning painting. $1,900 sounds reasonable all things considered.
@15, hardly - they're safe queens. There are three Randalls in the frickin Smithsonian for Chrissakes.
Does this mean Jubilation is buying drinks at tonight's SLOG gathering at Moe?
Seriously though - that's a lovely painting, and I'm shocked at the low price. A veritable bargain! Congrats Jubilation!
My Dear Non,
It is 76 x 22.
I'm just happy to think that from now on this will be known as "the Cornball Davidson".
Tonight's slog gathering?
I'm going to miss it!
@18, 21: It's Thursday, not tonight.
Congrats on the painting, JTC. It's stunning, and will surely impress any houseguests - Fnarfian, Poeish, or otherwise.
Is it made out of stickers?
I predict hot sex occurring beneath this painting.
@23: Hmmmm...something tells me you know me :-) Otherwise, how would you know I own a Jim Blanchard sticker "painting" of Charles Bronson, hmmm??? Come clean!
@24: MR. POE!!! That's so funny because I was actually thinking about putting it over my bed LOL Maybe someday we two shall lay there, entangled in blissful, post-coital repose. Or not.
I am very jealous, Mr. Cornball.
Someday, I'm going to buy paintings and not just posters.
I wish someone would buy my art randomly like that, instead of it getting dusty on a gallery wall in Baltimore :D
I know what I'd like a picture of...an enormous penis!!!
As an airplane pilot, this painting makes me somewhat nervous.
@25
Play your cards right and you could be lucky number 3.
Nice price for that painting! congrats!
Is Jubilation T. Cornball straight and single?
@11: Well, true, but the point being, completely reproducing the work in a mass medium led to someone wanting the physical object.
It helped sales, not hurt them.
Ergo, the lesson for the entertainment industry.
@33: Nyet. And, nyet.
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