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Perry was so taken with the medium that he’s now making a new tapestry independently, while Noble is recommending his favorites, including Tomaselli’s, to collectors. “I’ve told people, if you want to buy some good work, this is a really special thing,” he says, pointing out that masters such as Goya often had their paintings reproduced as wall hangings. (The weavings—which range in size from 6 feet by 6 feet to 13 feet by 13 feet—will be priced from about $25,000 to $150,000.) “It’s like you are looking at the original but slightly transformed,” he says. “Really, it’s like seeing your own work but through a bottle of vodka.”
