George Rodrigue Waiting for the Cajuns to Arrive 2009
You know what I love about art auctions? You never really know how things are going to go. Take Sotheby’s Contemporary Art auction in New York this morning. They had some good pieces, nothing big, nothing too important and everything went for 5 –figures or less. Some drawings, small paintings, Basquiats, Richard Tuttle, Keith Haring, and the like all going for pretty consistent mid-estimate prices. Then out of left field comes a George Rodrigue painting (not the image above, that is a screen print) estimated for $30-60,000 goes for $170,500. Where did that come from? Maybe it’s because he isn’t painting anymore, maybe it’s just a great piece*, or maybe it’s just some New Orleans loving. Well, wherever it came from, I’m feeling pretty good about it.
*Which it is.
