http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2010/watching-concept-auction-the-guy-with-the-fly/ antiques and art news, views and commentary Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:29:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2010/watching-concept-auction-the-guy-with-the-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 Geo Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:11:49 +0000 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=4781#comment-1316 In a still life painting, it can indicate the brevity of beauty--ripe fruit, flowers. Perhaps here this fellow may have passed and it indicates a short life. They could have used a butterfly, but it wouldn't have done as well at auction 150 years later. In a still life painting, it can indicate the brevity of beauty–ripe fruit, flowers. Perhaps here this fellow may have passed and it indicates a short life. They could have used a butterfly, but it wouldn’t have done as well at auction 150 years later.

]]> http://www.urbanartantiques.com/2010/watching-concept-auction-the-guy-with-the-fly/comment-page-1/#comment-1314 Author Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:36:00 +0000 http://www.urbanartantiques.com/?p=4781#comment-1314 Any guesses with regards to the symbolism of the fly on the guy? I'm curious. Any guesses with regards to the symbolism of the fly on the guy? I’m curious.

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