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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MrNate, post: 275226, member: 5515&quot;]I certainly agree with you on the point of his work in the 50&#039;s, I intentionally chose to ignore the front of the painting <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />. That said, Pablo Picasso was probably on the fringes of society to say the least, so for all we know he woke up one morning and thought &quot;today i want to paint some beautiful, simple sailboats...&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>I take great caution boxing in great artists. Case in point, most would attribute Banksy to rudimentary graffiti on a wall, however he recently showed depth with his work &quot;The Banality of the Banality of Evil&quot; (he grabbed up a painting at a thrift shop and drew adolf hitler into the scene):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/10/31/banksys-the-banality-of-the-banality-of-evil-sells-for-615000/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/10/31/banksys-the-banality-of-the-banality-of-evil-sells-for-615000/" rel="nofollow">https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/10/31/banksys-the-banality-of-the-banality-of-evil-sells-for-615000/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;re probably right, it&#039;s probably a slim to none chance that it&#039;s authentic. But if it were in my hands, I would shell a few bucks out to an appraiser for &quot;piece of mind.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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