I mean, come on!
Beautiful!
Gorgeous!
Wish you were here!Harper's a very cool part of Cincinnati's culture. So my sudden tax windfall gave me the perfect excuse to pick up a print by him.
All these images are from Fabulous Frames & Art, by the way - a local custom framing shop that specializes in all sorts of Harper material: prints, posters, and licensed stuff like notecards. They can do amazing things with mats; when I visited, the displays were, like, a print of a bird eating some seeds, but more seeds were printed on the mat, so it looked like the print extended beyond its borders.
But I'm a simple girl with simple tastes, so a simple custom-framed double-mat lithograph with nonglare museum glass was good enough for me.
It's called "A Good World," and it now hangs proudly above my DVDs.
(BONUS BLOG EASTER EGG! How many of my DVD box sets can you recognize?)
This is what's called an unlimited-series lithograph, meaning they still have the plates (etchings? Blocks? What's the right word for lithography?) used to print it, so it can be reprinted at any time. Limited-edition stuff is rarer and more expensive; the pieces I saw at Fab Frames were $500-$900, which is a little beyond my budget at this time. Maybe I'll invest in one of those someday. But this print and my Harry and the Potters glow-in-the-dark gig poster are a pretty good start to my fine art collection.
(You think I'm joking, but I love that poster.)
(I tried to take a picture of it hanging on my wall, but there was way too much glare. Maybe I should have it custom-framed with museum glass ...)
Summary:
Fabulous Frames & Art: $173.60
Total for Weeks 1-2: $250.87
2 comments:
i'm enjoying your economic stimulus series. I'm jealous, but enjoying it nontheless
Well, Obama gives you more if you promise to spend it on elitist things like art and wine. Make sure you fill out your 1040-LIB form next year.
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