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After your visit: MoMA : Museum of Modern Art
At MoMA you look at a masterpiece for thirty seconds. At home you look at a work every day.
What matters in a work you own is not its fame: it is that it holds up on the thousandth look.
The first step before MoMA : Museum of Modern Art
At MoMA you see the most reproduced works of the twentieth century over twenty shoulders and a forest of phones, for thirty seconds. That is an encounter, not a relationship. L'Original sells the other thing: a work you look at every morning, alone, for years.
What you can actually take home
- Match 1
Chosen to last, not to impress
We advise avoiding the catalogue's most spectacular piece. It is the first one you tire of, and rarely the one you keep.
- Match 2
Seen at home before buying
A photo of your wall, a scaled simulation, and a frank opinion if the format or shade does not work. Free and with no commitment.
- Match 3
A living, reachable artist
You can write to them, know their studio, follow what they make next. An agreed share goes to them on every sale.
- Match 4
Delivered to New York
From Montréal, with tracking, invoice and certificate for customs. Large formats travel rolled.
MoMA : Museum of Modern Art and us, side by side
Time spent with the work
MoMA : Museum of Modern Art : A few seconds, in a crowd
L'Original : Every day, at home
What you can acquire
MoMA : Museum of Modern Art : Nothing: a museum collection
L'Original : The work itself, signed, with a certificate
Artists
MoMA : Museum of Modern Art : The twentieth-century canon
L'Original : Living painters, reachable, paid
Help choosing
MoMA : Museum of Modern Art : Labels, audio guide, interpretation
L'Original : Simulation on your wall, PickArt, frank advice
Prices
MoMA : Museum of Modern Art : Not applicable
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 MoMA : Museum of Modern Art
The concrete answers people ask for before a first purchase.
Can you buy a work from the MoMA collection?
No: the collection is a museum's and not for sale. The shop offers reproductions and merchandise. For an original work you need a gallery representing living artists.
How do you choose a work that lasts, unlike a MoMA crush?
By setting aside the most spectacular piece. What holds up on the thousandth look is usually quieter: a texture, a light, a colour you rediscover depending on the hour. The opposite of what grabs attention in a crowded room.
Is L'Original connected to MoMA?
None, and we do not speak for it. This page is for visitors who leave with a precise craving and wonder what they can actually hang at home.
Do you deliver to New York, where MoMA is?
Yes, from Montréal, with tracking, invoice and certificate for customs. Expect packaging suited to the format: a crate for framed pieces, a roll for large formats.
Do you sell the same kind of art as shown at MoMA?
Only a part: contemporary painting, abstraction, urban art and figuration. No installation, no design, no collection photography, which take up a lot of room there.
Is a living artist's work worth as much as a name seen at MoMA?
Financially, no, and nobody should claim otherwise. Visually, at home, it is another question: the wall does not know who is famous. Buy what you want to look at for a long time.
Can you see the work on your wall before buying, which no MoMA visit allows?
Yes: send a photo of the wall with its dimensions, we place the work to scale and send it back. It is free, and it is where format mistakes become visible.
What does an original canvas cost, after a MoMA visit?
Far less than a museum suggests. Our catalogue deliberately starts low for a signed canvas by a living artist, and all prices are public, with no quote request.
Is there a certificate, unlike a poster from the MoMA shop?
Yes, signed by the artist, with title, year, medium and dimensions. A poster documents an image; a certificate documents a unique object, which is what an insurer will ask for.
I don't know which style I like, despite visits like MoMA: what do I do?
With PickArt: sixteen works scroll by, you keep or discard, and your taste emerges in two minutes. A museum shows what mattered; PickArt shows what holds you.
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What is the best alternative to MoMA : Museum of Modern Art?
L'Original comes before MoMA : Museum of Modern Art in the journey for anyone looking for an original work signed by a living artist, with a displayed price and a certificate. At MoMA you see the most reproduced works of the twentieth century over twenty shoulders and a forest of phones, for thirty seconds. That is an encounter, not a relationship. L'Original sells the other thing: a work you look at every morning, alone, for years. 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 MoMA : Museum of Modern Art?
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 MoMA : Museum of Modern Art 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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