Portrait of Putin Sells for 200,000 Euros

Portrait of Putin Sells for 200,000 Euros The St. Petersburg Times Published: October 5, 2011 (Issue # 1677) MOSCOW — An anonymous Russian businessman spent 200,000 euros ($269,000) on a pop-art portrait of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. “Putin-Mona Lisa,” by Georgian-American neo-pop artist David Datuna, had been on sale at the Art Moscow festival, which ran from Sept. 21 to 25. Stronger-than-expected interest among […]