Gone Fhisin’
Saw this sitting out in the back lot of an artist’s studio near Loveland, CO. The back lot … with the dumpsters and such. Not up front on display.
Stopped in to talk with the fellow.
The story I got was that someone commissioned this sculpture but was not able to pay for it. Supposedly $30,000 melt value of bronze. Someone that had … emphasize “had” … the $100k or so to justify accepting the commission.
It’s the face and figure of the guy it was to go to.
“Who wants a large statue of some other guy?“
. . . . .
“Maybe someone will buy it“
That was long ago; haven’t been back.
I wonder what happened to it.
$30k melt >>>> $100k selling price = minimum $50k up front
And that was probably 15-20 years ago (wait! 15 YEARS? How did that happen?)
Life is like a roll of toilet paper…..the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.
You’re not that many sheets behind me … 🙂
I guess that having one’s picture taken might qualify (which I’ve had plenty of), but I simply cannot imagine the conceit of commissioning a statue of myself.