Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 39 image entries Contest Directions: Incorporate monkeys and primates into famous paintings. Primates include: Lemurs, Monkeys, Orangutans, Gorillas, Bonobos and Chimpanzees. [ browse best gallery pictures ] Tags: monkeys Jackpot: 1st place: $5 Started: 6/21/2005 6:05:00 AM, Ended: 6/23/2005 6:05:00 AM
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Three paintings that were created by a chimpanzee named Congo have been sold at a London auction to an American buyer. The buyer spent a total of $26,250 for the paintings by the chimp. The paintings went for many times over the estimated prices. Congo's paintings went under the hammer in a sale that included works by human painters as well, including: French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French cubist Fernand Leger and US pop artist Andy Warhol. The buyer of the chimp's paintings, Howard Hong, said he was a great fan of modern and contemporary painting.
Left in Gallery credit out of reverence to them preserving this true classic. Source is a photo of the original "Dogs Playing Poker" with blemishes intact.
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