Flute bronze sculpture limited time offer freeshipping signed limited editions 30# / 90 good investment in art Start Price USD 1,200.00 Current Price USD 1,200.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price USD 4,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, August 22, 2008 End Time Friday, August 29, 2008 Location Sutton,WV See more about 'Flute bronze sculpture limited time offer freeshipping' Description leaf Store Payment | Checkout | Shipping | Additional Information Flute bronze sculpture fine art museum quality rare!NR Limited time offer:   There is still a brief period of time that we will be selling at wholesale prices on internet auction, we have not yet signed with a manger/gallery at this time, when we do our prices will likely double. We will try as much as we can to offer our art at these lower price the rest of this year with love for those who see the value. On auction: Flute  ,this bronze is 12 inches tall, (1/6 th scale human form, (12 inch bronze figure ).      the 12 inch bronze Flute, casted in museum quality bronze, limited edition,  Numbered(#30, edition of only 90), dated, and signed by the artist. Winner will also recieve a copy of DVD film Beautiful You. (shown on the page). visit sculptor at www.aiqiuhopen.com   About The artist and a film BEAUTIFUL YOU: Beautiful You A review by Steve Fesenmaier, August 31, 2006   2006 39 minutes long. Available at http://realearthproductions.com/   Judy and Ray Schmitt, award-winning filmmakers from Hardy County , have created a wonderful new documentary about one of the most unusual artists working in the state, Ai Qiu Hopen. The title of the film comes from “Beautiful You,” a song by Elaine Wine who was performing in Sutton one night when the Schmitts were visiting. They were in Sutton to screen “Lulu – Triumph of the Human Spirit,” their film about WV sculptor Lucien “Lulu” Ferrenbach, as part of an event bringing sculptors from around the world together. The Schmitts met Ai Qiu who is married to Bill Hopen, well-known Sutton-based sculptor. I recall Ray telling me that he “had never met anyone so alive in his life” and he couldn’t wait to start making the film about her. I asked him to send me the raw footage as soon as possible after he shot it because I was excited myself.   This was a year ago, and I never did see the raw footage. I did see the almost final version and it is stunning. The Schmitts have made a career making films about unusual, creative people including artist Twigman, WV-born photographer Jim Clark, WV-raised Abby Wathen, a young film actress, and others. All of the subjects are full of life, intelligence, and caring. None of them though are in the same universe as Ai Qiu who actually cries while reading a poem she has written about endangered children and who dances in a meadow. To hear her stories about her life in China , and to see her world class sculptures brought wonder to my own eyes. I had to recall all of those dazzling Chinese films that I have seen during the last twenty years, seeing at last a true story that was as amazing as any of those films. I could see a combination of photography styles from films by my friend Les Blank and his friend Werner Herzog, using the camera to move between the real world and the imaginary worlds Ai Qiu and her husband Bill Hopen create in their works of art.   The drawings by Ai Qiu were equally beautiful and the Schmitts use them well, as backdrops for speakers, the final 3-dimensional art, and otherwise. Even a song she sings is poignant. No wonder she is world-famous for making the most alive sculptures of musicians in existence. .............  The world premiere will take place on Friday, October 6th, in Sutton at The WV Filmmakers Film Festival. The item description will be here.This is an astounding value on a nationally/internationally known artist. Here is very rare chance to buy art directly from an artist with a multimillion dollar sales record. Hopen has sold scores of bronze works in the $50,000 to $150,000 range , but he also creates many smaller works for home and garden. Gallery retail price at $4000 Now on sale at auction with an unbelievable price! These small works of his personal expression, are consumately crafted by the hand of the artist in museum quality lost wax evadur silicon bronze. Individually mounted to a river boulder. The key to collectability is the breadth and quality of the career of the artist....what else has he done besides the small work you have bought? ...how many others have seen value in his work? and purchased it?, what notable places may his work be seen?, who has bought it and has it in their living room?. When a Rockefellar buys an artist?s small sculptural work as a gift for Dr Toyota (Toyota Motors) or Suzan Stamburg of NPR does a nationally broadcast interview of that artist and he is seen world wide in published media about sculpture, when billionaires commission him to do portraits, when his large public works are all over the USA in Universities, Hospitals, Cathedrals, Historical Landmarks, State capitols, botanical gardens, and his large works are being purchased and placed in Europe and Asia too......these things are history..they do not go away, they indicate a status that is building, adding value and collectability to the small pieces that you collected early in his career. The value of a particular work is its quality and rarity....how good is it? Is it an original, or if an edition, how many in that edition? Is their an established resale value? Can work by this artist be donated to a non profit foundation or museum for an accepted appraised value (for a tax write off), are their tax precedents with this artist? With Hopen it is yes yes yes So, if you want to buy value and collectability as well as beauty, and you cannot yet afford Rodin?s.... you should be looking at established artist?s like Hopen who are willing to offer single digit editions and original artworks directly to people at an affordable price. Buy something that you like, that speaks to you, that you can be happy having in your home,.....but....buy something that you can also claim as an asset, that will accrue value as you enjoy it. I have a unique advantaged relation ship with the artist, He has allowed me to show him how I can sell his works directly to collectors on the internet . Hopen insisted that anyone buying his work in this venue would have the option of returning a work instantly if they were not absolutely happy with their purchase. Hopen insisted that any one purchasing a work have complete access to him by telephone and email just as someone purchasing through a dealer would. Visit Sculptor at www.billhopen.com to see his monumental works appear in government buildings, museums, churches, universities and hospitals throughout the United States and abroad.it will only increase in value...but the true value is the exceptional beauty and sesitivity of this art that you can have in your home or garden...it will last virtually forever and be passed down as a family heirloom. Payment Back to Top       I accept the following forms of payment: PayPal Money Order Personal Check personal check Preferred Checkout Back to Top For fastest processing of this order, please use Vendio Checkout! Shipping & Handling Back to Top Free shipping on additional items you win. 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