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Speed Artist Paints Federer in 4 Minutes

Open Source SI   
July 20th, 2011



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Everyone can appreciate the beauty of Roger Federer’s groundstrokes, but how about artist Jean-Pierre Blanchard’s brushstrokes?

In a charity auction at the presentation of the SVC Entrepreneur Award in Zurich, Switzerland,  Blanchard needed just four minutes to create this speedy masterpiece, which sold for 16,100 Swiss francs — about $20,000 USD.

[Source: Open Source SI]

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