Retired NYC dog walker’s dreams shattered when gifted Chuck Close painting ,worth $10M скачать в хорошем качестве

Retired NYC dog walker’s dreams shattered when gifted Chuck Close painting ,worth $10M

A former New York City dog walker thought he was going to get a $10 million payday when a painting he’d come to own by a famous artist — whose works sell for millions of dollars — went to auction this week. The retiree, who is living off Social Security, was devastated when the painting sold for a meager $40,000. Mark Herman, 68, of Manhattan, said he had a vision while on psychedelic mushrooms that the painting by the late abstract artist Chuck Close would be worth $10 million. But that drug-induced dream crumbled as he watched the work sell for a fraction of that in Dallas on Tuesday, the New York Times reported. “I’m really disappointed,” he admitted. “But then, I think, if I had a lot of money it would put a lot of pressure on me. “And that’s the last thing I need,” he added. Herman was given the untitled 6-foot abstract nude by former lawyer Isidore Silver, whom he became close friends with after he started walking his toy poodle about six years ago, according to the paper.