I have two bookends sculpted by my dad
![Smiley :)](https://www.talk.uk-yankee.com/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)
BUT - an original painting I would love to own, would have to be:
Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)by
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Date: 1883–84
My hands down, favorite painter of all. I never liked portraits until I saw what he created. And this particular painting, I dunno, has so much class, style, but also so much personality and vitality behind it... it just gets me. I dig it. And such a great story about her and society at the time.
Sadly, I have yet to see it for real; it was on tour when I went to the Metropolitan to see it.
![Sad :(](https://www.talk.uk-yankee.com/Smileys/classic/sad.gif)
If you could do anything for anyone, and money and time were no object, what would it be, and for whom?