Christie's is set to sell its first nonfungible token in an upcoming auction of what has been characterized as "The largest artwork" in the history of Bitcoin.
Art historian turned blockchain artist Robert Alice has created "Portrait of a Mind" - a monumental series of 40 paintings stretching over 50 meters in length.
Drawing on the history of 20th century conceptualism as well as the founding myth of Bitcoin's creation, "Portrait of a Mind" is a complete hand-painted transcription of the 12.3 million digits of the code that launched the cryptocurrency.
"In each work, an algorithm has found a set of hex digits that together are highlighted in gold. These read a set of coordinates that are unique to each painting. 40 locations across 40 paintings - each location is of particular significance to the history of Bitcoin."
Speaking to Cointelegraph, Alice said he remains curious as to why much of the commemoration of Bitcoin emphasizes the publication of the whitepaper over and above the codebase itself, which, for him, is "The real historical document."
Christie's will sell one painting from the series, "Block 21," as part of its "Post-War and Contemporary Day Auction" on Oct. 7, at the end of a week-long exhibition of auctioned works in New York.
The piece includes a unique fungible token as an integral part of the work and will be offered at an estimated price of $12-18,000.
Early collectors of paintings from "Portrait of a Mind" include Binance founder Changpeng Zhao and Bloq chairman Matthew Rozsak.
Aside from the creative inspiration artists can draw from cryptocurrencies' complex cultural, technical and politically dynamic history, NFTs can also give artists "More control and a better stake in their practice over the long term," he said.
Like "Portrait of a Mind," the artwork integrated an NFT to vest its collector with tokenized ownership rights.
Christie's to sell its first non-fungible-token as part of epic Bitcoin artwork
Publicado en Sep 23, 2020
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