{"id":18418,"date":"2013-10-08T15:32:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T20:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=18418"},"modified":"2013-10-09T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-09T18:53:48","slug":"alfredo-christies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2013\/10\/08\/alfredo-christies\/","title":{"rendered":"~ALFREDO & Christie’s ?"},"content":{"rendered":"

OMG, ALFREDO MARTINEZ . . is ‘trending’, too !! <\/p>\n

this, just in from . . Alfredo:<\/p>\n

“a skull drawing of mine sold for 750 at
\nchristies i made the Estimate
\nthank god
\nsome other people, not so much… nerve
\nracking, glad I did not know [at the] time”<\/p>\n

can this be true.
\nwould need to verify, should be on the Christie’s website ?
\n – back in 5.<\/p>\n

HAHA.<\/strong> FILE UNDER: SOME MYTHS – NEVER CHANGE !!<\/p>\n

Yes, ALFREDO did<\/strong> sell a piece at Christie’s, but back .. in the summer of 2012 !!<\/p>\n

but then again, if you read his email . . he didn’t exactly say when .. did he ?<\/p>\n

though the implication was yesterday. last week . . last month . . ?
\nI mean . . this is<\/strong> a big ploy, er .. play !! for attention, or what.<\/p>\n

but ok – we will give him a pass.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nIMAGE VIA: CHRISTIE’S <\/a><\/p>\n

ALFREDO MARTINEZ (American, b 1967)
\nUntitled (Skull and Guns)
\nPrice realized: $750
\nEstimate: $600-$800
\nLOT 105 \/ SALE 2573 – CHRISTIE’S INTERIORS, NEW YORK, ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
\n17-18 JULY 2012<\/p>\n

see: CHRISTIE’S – ALFREDO MARTINEZ<\/a><\/p>\n

LOT DESCRIPTION
\nCHRISTIE’S: signed with artist’s monogram, signed again<\/strong> with initials, dated and inscribed:
\nAM NTCJWS 2007 – lower left.<\/p>\n

Nancy: that would prob be ‘NYC’ – NEW YORK CITY. not ‘NTC’.<\/p>\n

CHRISTIE’S: collage – watercolor, ink & wash on paper. 32-1\/2 x 32 – 3\/4 in.
\nexecuted in 2007.<\/p>\n

Nancy: what, executed ? imprisoned yes. not executed. yet.<\/p>\n

Nancy: that looks to be . . handmade paper – an Alfredo specialty.<\/p>\n

Nancy: jeez, what a publicity hound, or what.
\nAlfredo. not me.
\nthat’s so desperado. so outlaw. so Alfredo, you never what’s .. true or fiction.
\nbut so, i-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-i-n-g !!
\nAlfredo made into the uptight Christie’s archive ..<\/p>\n

and ok, ok. I’m a newshound, too.
\nbut of.. another sort.<\/p>\n

but damn, yeah I am . . an enabler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OMG, ALFREDO MARTINEZ . . is ‘trending’, too !! this, just in from . . Alfredo: “a skull drawing of mine sold for 750 at christies i made the Estimate thank god some other people, not so much… nerve racking, glad I did not know [at the] time” can this be true. would need to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18418"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18418"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18466,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18418\/revisions\/18466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}