andy warhol at 33, frank stella at 24, jasper johns at 27. nothing they made later ever reached those prices. for others, the curve was more of a steady rise with a peak near the end. artists in this group produced their most valuable pieces later in their careers – willem de ...
But then compare the power of the Jasper Johns portrait with that of Ingmar Bergman. I think the Bergman wins. There is another element in portraiture that I think is worth commenting on which is evident in the Penn show, the notion of caricature. Penn’s “corner portraits” work in ...