Behind the Paint: Animal No. 58 At Auction

This is a paper sculpture

One of Paulette's best known and universally loved paper sculptures, Animal No. 58, is up for auction, and all the really smart art people who are in the know and hip and attuned and savvy and connected and indoctrinated and plugged in and high on the totem pole and well respected by respecters and savoire fairey and comme il faut and part of the establishment and boring and fearful, they all are rabid with excitement over the pending auction which ends in about 18 hours.

The bidding is already up to $0.01, and there's no telling how high it's going to go, what with the bee-hive like buzz and great back story in back of the piece which goes like this.

Paulette got a piece of paper and twisted it up and then put a face on it with sharpie, and then she made some oatmeal with raisins and cinnamon and milk.