🔊 Pinkie & The Blue Boy
We were not planning on hitting any sales today, but…
Lewisville
To start, the front door this this place was almost at the back of the house on the side. Interesting design choice. The theme of this one was Pinkie and The Blue Boy. They had very large portrait style pieces in the main room that we enjoyed but agreed were too much for us. Good news, they had a smaller set that was just right! We finally agreed on an Afghan blanket. The colors were perfect and it had a nice scallop edge.
There was a Farah Fawcett doll that was in pretty good shape as well as a nice city setting print that required some long and hard thought. Ultimately, we passed on both. In that same area we long considered a little statue sitting atop a marble base that will now look nice somewhere in our house.
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As two of the art world’s most commonly printed masterpieces, they are almost always presented as a pair… a portrait of teenagers on the cusp of an adult world. A nod to young love, first love, new love and a symbol of tenderness, confidence, potential and optimism.
But you can’t always judge a painting by its presentation. Pinkie and The Blue Boy as a couple are the result of time-worn perception and assumption. Painted by two different artists in two different decades, Pinkie and Blue were never meant to be together.
It wasn’t until the 1920s, roughly 150 years after they were painted, that this romantic perception took hold thanks to American railroad tycoon and enthusiastic art collector, Henry Edwards Huntington. Purchased in England during the American heyday of British portraiture, Huntington brought these two paintings across the ocean to California where he placed them in his library opposite one another.
Good Will - Lewisville
Since we were close, we did a quick stop at Good Will. There was nothing too interesting, but we did find a little box that Kay will use as a monitor stand at work. We waited in line forever.
Highland Shores - the last stop…or was it?
This sale came online today and went from 1:00p until 6:00p. We stopped wondering what was happening and learned that the seller was moving and wanted to unload as much stuff as possible. We found the ship art and were considering a funky lamp. We didn’t have enough cash to pick up the lamp, but were coming back in about 45m to go see more artwork at the sellers warehouse/storefront. Unfortunately in that time someone snatched up the lamp. #disappointing
Lesson Learned: carpe diem!
Highland Village
We met the seller to go view additional art at her warehouse/office. This space was actually very cool. To gain entry to the warehouse you have to go through an electronic gate but the storefront is accessible to all. The amount of space was impressive and it was full to the brim. All sorts of retail merchandise and a small area for art.
We took our time going through all of it and took a chance on an unframed, painted landscape with cool blues and whites. It is a bit outside our style but at that price, worth a try. Now to find a frame for it.
The Wrap Up