ArtPrize's 200K Public Grand Prize Goes To Lincoln Portrait Made Of Lincoln Pennies

"ArtPrize Nine [audience] voters gave Battle Creek graphic designer Richard Schlatter the $200,000 Grand Prize for his 12-foot portrait of Abraham Lincoln made from about 24,500 pennies that bear Lincoln's image. ... Schlatter said he decided to create the portrait after he was mesmerized by the various shades of pennies he had accumulated." (To see all the 2017 ArtPrize category winners, click here.)

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