It's the highest selling print in history. Still not ringing a bell? Ever see the movie Alfie?
The Chinese Girl is believed to have sold more prints than either Leonardo da Vinci's famous masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, or Vincent van Gogh's Sunflowers.
I know, I know, more than Klimt's "The Kiss" print for goodness sake. Tretchikoff was the King of Kitsch in the 60's and 70's.
A designer once said of him:
He achieved everything that Andy Warhol stated he wanted to do but could never achieve because of his coolness.
wow, cool to see this on your blog :D i won a tretchikoff of an asian woman, not that particular pose, but she is green. tretchikoff has a cultlike following among mid-century modern and tiki collectors...
wow, cool to see this on your blog :D i won a tretchikoff of an asian woman, not that particular pose, but she is green. tretchikoff has a cultlike following among mid-century modern and tiki collectors...