Brad Pitt Drops Nearly $1 Million on Painting

Us Magazine - June 10, 2009 5:25 AM PDT
Story photo: Brad Pitt Drops Nearly $1 Million on PaintingBrad Pitt attends a sneak peak exhibition at the Art 40 Basel show in Basel, Switzerland. CLP/STB/Finalpixx.com; X17online.comUs Magazine
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On Tuesday, Brad Pitt dropped major bucks at Art Basel, an international art show for modern and contemporary works in Basel, Switzerland.

The actor spent $956,000 on a Neo Rauch oil painting, entitled Etappe, according to Bloomberg. The 9-foot-wide painting, done in 1998, shows a swirling view of a driver behind a red racecar, with workers nearby carrying hoses.

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According to the Wall Street Journal, Pitt eyed the painting for several minutes while rubbing his goatee and fidgeting with his tweed hat. He initially walked away. "He's on the fence. Nothing wrong with that, I guess," New York dealer David Zwirner said.

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But within minutes, Pitt returned with Los Angeles collectors Eli and Edythe Broad and made the big purchase.

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It wasn't the first time Pitt splurged on art.

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Last year, he bought a white marble table by a Dutch designer and an aluminum rug by a Colombian designer at the same show.



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  • Albert
    This is earth shattering news we could have done without...
    report abuseposted September 9, 2009 4:43 AM PDT
  • sjb
    the man makes the money off usso i guess that gives him the right to spend it on what the %@!*# he wants. If you have an opinion then don't watch his movies.
    report abuseposted June 13, 2009 8:49 PM PDT
  • Gloria
    Your taste in art went the way of your choice in women huh Brad?
    report abuseposted June 10, 2009 7:19 AM PDT
  • Big Rick
    Funny, you have people in countries starving, and poor people who can't get jobs, yet you go by a painting made by a 12 year old for 1 million dollars...Geez...Brad, no wonder you're not hot anymore. Way to help out your fellow men and women who help support your movies when you wasn't pulling 1 million dollars.
    report abuseposted June 10, 2009 7:18 AM PDT
  • KimberlyS
    it doesn't matter how much good they do if he can turn around and waste that much money knowing how many kids and families he could fed or take care off what a in your face gesture to all the people that go to his movies and who have made him rich . he is so out of touch to do that is gross he trots around like he is the %@!*# so does his girlfriend is save your money skip the movies
    report abuseposted June 10, 2009 7:04 AM PDT
  • LJ1316
    Y? Take a pic and leave, it's free.
    report abuseposted June 10, 2009 6:27 AM PDT
  • James Bond
    he should have an artist paint jolie nude for that kind of money
    report abuseposted June 10, 2009 6:09 AM PDT
  • Doll 101
    Ugly painting. Waste of good money that could had gone to a charity to help others.
    report abuseposted June 10, 2009 5:55 AM PDT
  • Delilah
    meh... he ought to pay for a painting of his beautiful angel and his family..... what a bored choice.
    report abuseposted June 10, 2009 5:47 AM PDT
  • Dean B
    This painting looks like something a 3rd grader might have done. I don't get it??
    report abuseposted June 10, 2009 5:45 AM PDT
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