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Prints are a near-perfect replica of any painting, and also professional forgers routinely copy works of, or create original works of, major artists in order to make a lot of money. However prints are typically worth a fraction of the original work, and the moment a forged painting is discovered its value plummets.

The value of the NFT is not primarily in how it looks. The value of the NFT is in the provenance, the history, the background of the creator, etc.

This why Onement V, a blue background with a lighter blue vertical stripe, is worth $30 million https://www.wikiart.org/en/barnett-newman/onement-v-1952

The painting is something my toddler could create. The background of the artist and the piece's history is what gives it value https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnett_Newman

parent seibelj 4 years ago

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