That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for April 26, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  over 3 years ago

    Yvette, the nude artist’s model, was happy the statue was headless. She didn’t want her parents to know what she did for a living.

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    rmremail  over 3 years ago

    Karen was puzzled by the statue – how did the model hide her head that way?

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    rmremail  over 3 years ago

    Is this what I’m going to look like in five hundred years?

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Model, upset that she posed several hours for that crummy sculpture.

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    rmremail  over 3 years ago

    Not cool! You need to let me know when you’re going to start painting so I can sit up straight – this slouch makes me look fat.

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    Strob Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Team this statue up with Venus de Milo.

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    Strob Premium Member over 3 years ago

    And the Oscar for best costume design goes to…

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    Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 3 years ago

    The artist said he would get her stoned …

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    Papared25  over 3 years ago

    The Bare Bards summer stock production of Hamlet. “Alas, poor statuette! I knew it, Horatio, before it fell off the shelf and doomed itself to the trash bin.”

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    Kind&Kinder  over 3 years ago

    “Some producer you are! You said you’d get me an Oscar!”

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    ronaldspence  over 3 years ago

    When you said bust I didn’t think you meant statue…my bad!

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    juncarlo  over 3 years ago

    Surely the script justified the nude in the movie.

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    Call me Ishmael  over 3 years ago

    That she’s “letting it all hang out”/ there cannot be the slightest doubt/ but her modest physique/ is so far from unique/ there’s not much to flaunt, or to flout . (Is this a defeat – or a rout ?)

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    Call me Ishmael  over 3 years ago

    “..but you can keep yo’ hat on !”

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    Buzzworld  over 3 years ago

    “What does this switch on the bottom do?”

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    MS72  over 3 years ago

    I need to tan more. I’m as pasty as this statuette.

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    Pocosdad  over 3 years ago

    As she examined the statue, the model thought to herself that they could both use a little head.

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    PO' DAWG  over 3 years ago

    Carla lost again at strip-Clue. It was professor Plum with the statue.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 3 years ago

    She was puzzled by the award. Didn’t know it was a movie, didn’t even see the camera!!

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    J Short  over 3 years ago

    You want me to see if I can fit it, where?

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 3 years ago

    To be honest, even she didn’t think she was that good.

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    wincoach Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Imelda began to wonder if her friend was serious about where she was to put her award, and how it would fit.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Been there, Done that, Bought the statue.

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    Indianapolis Smith  over 3 years ago

    Really? Oscar for Best Costume?

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Don’t bother dressing for me, I like you just the way you are….best!

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    Linguist  over 3 years ago

    Perky Polly pensively posing with Parthanian piece.

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    Calvins Brother  over 3 years ago

    “Next time you want to paint boobs, just do a close up, I’m freezing!”

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    Holden Awn  over 3 years ago

    “Perhaps”, she thought, “I should start with a smaller dildo…”

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Seated nude with sculpture

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:William_McGregor_Paxton_Seated_nude_with_sculpture.jpg 

    has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting, by a follower of the originally attributed artist.

     

    http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/paxton_william_mcgregor.html 

    https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/1010 

    https://collections.mfa.org/objects/31974 

    https://www.askart.com/artist/William_McGregor_Paxton/23608/William_McGregor_Paxton.aspx 

    http://thebostonschoolofpainting.blogspot.com/2011/06/william-mcgregor-paxton.html 

    all have info, or links that point to more info, about the originally attributed artist (again, askart.com can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 5 works by him or a follower have been used here. 

    https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2021/04/13?comments=visible 

    has the prior by him (my comment there included the same artist info URLs).

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2693 (April 25, 2021) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

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    PoodleGroomer  over 3 years ago

    Her costume request was to be modest/ with translucent shimmering panels on the bodice./ But the costume designer/ and some tequila sidelined her/ and her costume was declared the hottest.

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    sparklite  over 3 years ago

    Isolde didn’t mind the cranial surgery so much, but the zip-lock skull closure passed her by.

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    Another Take  over 3 years ago

    “HEY PASTY! LAY OFF THE PASTRIE!”

    “HEY FATTY! LAY OFF THE PATE~”

    _The second and third favorite insults shouted from car windows at rotund ladies by uncouth youth when I was a lad. The FAVORITE BEING: drum roll

    “HEY LADY! WHERE’D YOU PUT THE SADDLE?”

    I never understood that one either.

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    Dove-Bear  over 3 years ago

    “What am I supposed to be doing with this? Will this be a porn painting?

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    Another Take  over 3 years ago

    “Oh Eros! I’ve tried to live my life according to your tenets and all I got for it was a bun in the oven. From now on, it’s Dionysus 24/7 for me! Where’s my wine goblet?

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    Bilan  over 3 years ago

    ♪ Everybody must get stone ♪

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    Pharmakeus Ubik  over 3 years ago

    Time to reorder. This was the last body condom in the box.

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    bobpeters61  over 3 years ago

    She was OK with posing nude, but not when the sculpture was dressed. Off with its head for such a ruse!

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    d1234dick Premium Member over 3 years ago

    NO! NO! Nanette that is not a dildo!

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    bucker39 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Sheesh, I thought she was pulling a huge kleenex out of a box.

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    anomaly  over 3 years ago

    “It really is a lovely piece of sculpture. But I don’t quite understand why removing my clothing should improve my appreciation of art.”

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    raybarb44  over 3 years ago

    Not bad. Not bad at all…..

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member over 3 years ago

    You made this sculpture; but chose not to include the horse with him? Weird.

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    the1951hapster  over 3 years ago

    The love affair of Ophelia and Bradford had started on this very simple piece of furniture, now shrouded with his black cape. Aside from the remembrance of his firm embrace when she laid bare her charms, all her senses could now behold was this broken piece of statuary, left by her lover to remind her of his pledge to return to their post-war love nest.

    Brad had been gone for less than a month when Ophelia’s sleep was broken by a loud crash. She rushed downstairs to investigate, only to find Brad’s image knocked to the floor, its head separated from its torso. Part of her cat’s tail was severed, and lay nearby. A small trail of blood led to a break at the base of a screen door. The cat never returned.

    Within weeks, Ophelia received a telegram from the War Office. Her beloved Bradley had been killed in action. Earlier that week, she had learned that she was pregnant. Her ebullience dove rapidly into depression.

    Here she sits, with her heart, her love, his image, her mind, and her future… all in pieces, seemingly beyond repair.

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    GoComicsGo!  over 3 years ago

    “Hey! This doesn’t look anything like me!”

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