In 2017, a portrait of Abraham Lincoln made out of 24,500 pennies won over $200,000 in prizes at the ninth annual ArtPrize international art competition. Richard Schlatter, a 73-year-old artist, illustrator and former ad executive from Battle Creek, Michigan, created the piece, which he titled “A. Lincoln” after the way in which the 16th president […]
no pennies for you.
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