Debut Buddies

First Artwork to Increase in Value After Being Vandalized (1958, 1964, ????)

Episode Summary

Back in 1958, Robert Rauschenberg erased a De Kooning. Sometime since 1964, an Angry Girlfriend vandalized an Amazing Spider-Man #14. In 2023, we're assaulting your ears... On this episode, we discuss the First Artwork to Increase in Value After Being Vandalized. Was it "Erased de Kooning Drawing"? Was it the Angry Girlfriend Variant? What is vandalism? What is art? Oh... we get into it! Plus, we play I See What You Did There!

Episode Notes

Back in 1958, Robert Rauschenberg erased a De Kooning. Sometime since 1964, an Angry Girlfriend vandalized an Amazing Spider-Man #14. In 2023, we're assaulting your ears... On this episode, we discuss the First Artwork to Increase in Value After Being Vandalized. Was it "Erased de Kooning Drawing"? Was it the Angry Girlfriend Variant? What is vandalism? What is art? Oh... we get into it! Plus, we play I See What You Did There!

Learn about some vandalized art: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/art-vandalism-mona-lisa-van-gogh-famous-artworks-1234647552/

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