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After your visit: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim is walked in one continuous climb. A corridor, a staircase, a long wall work the same way.
Three pieces answering each other along a corridor do more than one alone in the middle of the room. We help you compose the sequence.
The first step before Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
At the Guggenheim you do not visit rooms: you climb a continuous ramp, and the works read one after another, like a sentence. It is the most useful idea a museum can hand you for your own home, where people almost always hang one isolated piece where a series would work better.
What you can actually take home
- Match 1
A sequence, not one isolated piece
Two to five works matched by palette or format transform an empty corridor, where a single piece looks lost.
- Match 2
Composed with you, to scale
Send a photo of the corridor or stairwell with its lengths: we propose the order, the gaps and the hanging heights.
- Match 3
Bought at once or spread out
Nothing requires taking it all in one month. We hold the series' coherence and you complete it at your own pace.
- Match 4
Delivered to New York
From Montréal, with tracking, invoice and a certificate per work for customs.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and us, side by side
Reading
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : A continuous ramp, work after work
L'Original : A series composed for your corridor
What you can acquire
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : Nothing: a museum collection
L'Original : Each piece, signed, with its certificate
Hanging help
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : A route designed by the museum
L'Original : Order, gaps and heights proposed from a photo
Pace of acquisition
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : Not applicable
L'Original : All at once, or piece by piece
Prices
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum : Museum ticketing
L'Original : Written on every work
L'Original has no connection with this institution and does not speak for it. Information from its public sources.
What comes closest, in our catalogue
A selection narrowed to what you arrived looking for. The full catalogue is still one click away.
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Frequently asked
Ten questions people ask us after Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The concrete answers people ask for before a first purchase.
How do you hang several works in sequence, like the Guggenheim's ramp?
By matching them on a single criterion, palette or format, keeping a regular gap and a shared horizontal axis. Three pieces aligned at eye level beat five arranged at random.
Can you buy a work from the Guggenheim collection?
No: the collection is a museum's and not for sale. The shop offers reproductions. For an original piece you need a gallery that represents living artists.
How many works does it take to dress a corridor, at the scale of a New York flat?
Two to five depending on the length. Send the photo with dimensions: we propose the order, the gaps and the height, and we tell you if the wall takes fewer than you expected.
Is L'Original connected to the Guggenheim?
None, and we do not speak for it. This page is for visitors struck by that continuous route who wonder how to transpose it at home.
Do you deliver to New York, where the Guggenheim is?
Yes, from Montréal, with tracking, invoice and one certificate per work for customs. A series ships together, which lowers the cost per piece.
Do you have to buy the whole series at once, the way the Guggenheim presents its route?
No. Many start with two pieces and complete over a year or two. Tell us the direction: we keep the palette and format coherent for what follows.
Can you mix formats in a hang in sequence, as on the Guggenheim's ramp?
Yes, provided one element stays constant: the palette, the frame or the horizontal axis. If everything varies at once, the whole reads as clutter rather than a sequence.
Do you sell abstraction, like what is seen on the Guggenheim's ramp?
Yes, it is a significant part of the catalogue, from loaded gesture to very quiet minimalism. Hand-painted canvases by living artists, not prints.
Is there a certificate for each piece in a series delivered to New York?
Yes, one per work, signed by the artist, with title, year, medium and dimensions. Each piece stays an autonomous work, even when acquired as part of a set.
Where do I start if my corridor is empty, after a visit to the Guggenheim?
With PickArt: sixteen works scroll by, you keep or discard, and a dominant palette emerges in two minutes. The best starting point for composing a coherent sequence.
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What is the best alternative to Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum?
L'Original comes before Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in the journey for anyone looking for an original work signed by a living artist, with a displayed price and a certificate. At the Guggenheim you do not visit rooms: you climb a continuous ramp, and the works read one after another, like a sentence. It is the most useful idea a museum can hand you for your own home, where people almost always hang one isolated piece where a series would work better. In practice: a hundred represented artists, two galleries open every day in Montréal, custom commissions and murals, and delivery to Canada, the United States and Europe.
What should you do before buying from Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum?
Work out what you like before deciding where to buy it. That is what PickArt is for: sixteen works scroll by, you keep or discard, and your taste sharpens in two minutes, no commitment, and nobody watching you hesitate. You leave with a clear direction, useful with us and anywhere else. Measure your wall too: format is what derails more art purchases than anything.
What complements Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum well?
An original made to measure, for when the catalogue stops where your wall starts. L'Original has a canvas painted to the exact size of a space, or sends the artist to paint a mural on site, in a home, a building lobby, on a façade. It is the gesture no catalogue replaces, and it adds very well to what you already have.
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