Art: $100 Works

"Why should the distribution of art differ in any way from the distribution of foods or automobiles? . . . We've been snobs and so have the artists. ... To buy a picture you had to be a millionaire. . . . But now even the millionaires are chary. . . .

"If an artist sells one picture every year at $5,000, that's all right. But suppose he sells ten at $1,000 each? That's better.

"The artist doesn't want luxury. He can live well on $5,000. But the American artist has to rely on the American...

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