Nurse painting sells for $8.4 mil

Moshe · 07.11.2008, 12:31 AM

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Painting from Sonic Youth series sells for $8.4 mil

I missed this last week other amid Carol Vogel’s extensive reporting on London’s big art auctions. Richard Prince’s “Overseas Nurse,” part of the series from which Sonic Youth got the cover of their 2004 album Sonic Nurse, sold at Sotheby’s on July 1 for $7.4 million, which including Sotheby’s fee comes to $8.4 million. (You think Ticketmaster is bad?) That may sound like a lot, but it was actually “under the low estimate,” Vogel reports.

skipvacuum · 07.11.2008, 03:18 AM

wow!? are you serious? kooky
suprises me,yet at the same time...not really
as allways thanks for the info Moshe

atsonicpark · 07.11.2008, 03:38 AM

Can someone please explain to me why paintings constantly sell for millions of dollars? Just curious.

Tokolosh · 07.11.2008, 03:45 AM

Determining the Value of Art

atsonicpark · 07.11.2008, 03:46 AM

ohhhh!

pbradley · 07.11.2008, 04:19 AM

I don't really care for the Sonic Nurse cover all that much, really. Makes sense as an album cover but as a painting?

Rob Instigator · 07.11.2008, 08:37 AM

thin of it as delirium while in a hospital full of hot nurses.

greedrex · 07.11.2008, 09:25 AM

man the yoof have got wealthy friends

pbradley · 07.11.2008, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

thin of it as delirium while in a hospital full of hot nurses.

Yeah, still don't see why it is worth a canvas.

RanaldoNecro · 07.11.2008, 10:10 AM

If it is highly regarded than it is just like watching yr coin grow....

That painting is fantastic especially watching the paint drip above the nurses' head...

This Is Not Here · 07.11.2008, 02:46 PM

It's not the Sonic Nurse cover for christ's sake! Its inside the gatefold sleeve, but the cover is a completely different peice...

atari 2600 · 07.11.2008, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbradley

I don't really care for the Sonic Nurse cover all that much, really. Makes sense as an album cover but as a painting?

Oh, I really like that one.

I also like "Surfing Nurse" (#4 at the link, back cover of SN), "Nurse of Green Meadow" (you can see it on the wall at the far "right on #5), Dude Ranch Nurse" (#10) (I've also seen "Dude Ranch Nurse" with a green background, but am unsure if it is an actual other painting), and "A Nurse Involved" (#12).

I'm not too wild about "Overseas Nurse." Although someone certainly is...8.4 mil, wow.

✌➬ · 07.11.2008, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tokolosh

Determining the Value of Art

I'll read that later.

atari 2600 · 07.11.2008, 10:49 PM

you can watch this now
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1360437/4689352
(or later)

joe11121 · 07.11.2008, 11:50 PM

i like the cover of the album better than the piece.

greenlight · 07.12.2008, 05:02 AM

“under the low estimate”, hehe, crazy amount of money. it's so mad that there's people who can afford $8 mil. for a painting! but yeah, probably it's good price for a painting from 2002 compare to one of Monet paintings, which was sold for $80 mil.

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/new...atch7-7-08.asp
Still another nurse painting by Richard Prince was also in the top ten, this one titled Overseas Nurse and dating from 2002. It sold for £4,241,250 ($8,457,901), a new record for the artist. The buyer, according to press reports, was New York dealer Jose Mugrabi.

Death & the Maiden · 07.12.2008, 06:35 AM

I didn't think this one was the best one (or one of the better ones) of the Nurses.

wontgetfooledagain · 07.14.2008, 07:03 AM

8.4 mil huh? Or you could just pay $17 at the record store and get the big n' beautiful vinyl edition of SN. The back of the album is very similar to that nurse painting, which is just okay IMHO. I like the Nurse on the cover of the album itself, reminds me of the video game series "Silent Hill", which always in turn kind of reminded me of SY, so for me this is like the perfect album cover! ^_^

noisereductions · 07.14.2008, 07:18 AM

Those paintings are truly amazing. But it was cheaper for me to just frame my Sonic Nurse poster.

Keeping It Simple · 05.14.2010, 05:39 PM

I wouldn't pay more than 8 bucks for it.

07.11.2008, 03:18 AM	#2
skipvacuum stalker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: dirtmont,pa Posts: 487	wow!? are you serious? kooky suprises me,yet at the same time...not really as allways thanks for the info Moshe __________________ thank you from the bottom of my sonic addled heart
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 03:38 AM	#3
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Can someone please explain to me why paintings constantly sell for millions of dollars? Just curious. __________________
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 03:46 AM	#5
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	ohhhh! __________________
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 04:19 AM	#6
pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I don't really care for the Sonic Nurse cover all that much, really. Makes sense as an album cover but as a painting?
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 08:37 AM	#7
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,975	thin of it as delirium while in a hospital full of hot nurses. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 12:31 AM	#1
Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,894	Wednesday, July 9, 2008 Painting from Sonic Youth series sells for $8.4 mil I missed this last week other amid Carol Vogel’s extensive reporting on London’s big art auctions. Richard Prince’s “Overseas Nurse,” part of the series from which Sonic Youth got the cover of their 2004 album Sonic Nurse, sold at Sotheby’s on July 1 for $7.4 million, which including Sotheby’s fee comes to $8.4 million. (You think Ticketmaster is bad?) That may sound like a lot, but it was actually “under the low estimate,” Vogel reports.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 03:45 AM	#4
Tokolosh invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Plaza de Toros Posts: 6,731	Determining the Value of Art
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 09:25 AM	#8
greedrex invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: in yr fotobukit Posts: 6,588	man the yoof have got wealthy friends __________________ Greed Recordings bandcamp ~The Rex~, stalkin' yr shit since 2008.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 10:10 AM	#10
RanaldoNecro expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Eye Of The Squirrel Posts: 1,481	If it is highly regarded than it is just like watching yr coin grow.... That painting is fantastic especially watching the paint drip above the nurses' head... __________________ He is not Alone
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 02:46 PM	#11
This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	It's not the Sonic Nurse cover for christ's sake! Its inside the gatefold sleeve, but the cover is a completely different peice... __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 10:49 PM	#14
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	you can watch this now http://video.yahoo.com/watch/1360437/4689352 (or later)
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.11.2008, 11:50 PM	#15
joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	i like the cover of the album better than the piece.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.12.2008, 05:02 AM	#16
greenlight invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,131	“under the low estimate”, hehe, crazy amount of money. it's so mad that there's people who can afford $8 mil. for a painting! but yeah, probably it's good price for a painting from 2002 compare to one of Monet paintings, which was sold for $80 mil. http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/new...atch7-7-08.asp Still another nurse painting by Richard Prince was also in the top ten, this one titled Overseas Nurse and dating from 2002. It sold for £4,241,250 ($8,457,901), a new record for the artist. The buyer, according to press reports, was New York dealer Jose Mugrabi. __________________
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.12.2008, 06:35 AM	#17
Death & the Maiden expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,036	I didn't think this one was the best one (or one of the better ones) of the Nurses. __________________ www.myspace.com/ghostofanidealwife
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.14.2008, 07:03 AM	#18
wontgetfooledagain empty page Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 7	8.4 mil huh? Or you could just pay $17 at the record store and get the big n' beautiful vinyl edition of SN. The back of the album is very similar to that nurse painting, which is just okay IMHO. I like the Nurse on the cover of the album itself, reminds me of the video game series "Silent Hill", which always in turn kind of reminded me of SY, so for me this is like the perfect album cover! ^_^
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

07.14.2008, 07:18 AM	#19
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	Those paintings are truly amazing. But it was cheaper for me to just frame my Sonic Nurse poster.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|

05.14.2010, 05:39 PM	#20
Keeping It Simple invito al cielo Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 3,721	I wouldn't pay more than 8 bucks for it.
	\|QUOTE AND REPLY\|