Art: Tribute to Gicmthood

The works of Leonardo da Vinci, sometimes called the finest intelligence the world has ever produced, have had some curious outcroppings. Examples:>A Hollywood portrait of Fanny Brice painted in the pose of the Mona Lisa.

> A copy of the Last Supper made in Germany entirely of postage stamps.

>A painting of an American Indian Chief named Moon Trail by a blind woman who said her hand was guided by Leonardo from the spirit world.

>A truculent sputter from the late U.S.

Painter George Luks: ";Da Vinci is the bunkĀ—a mathematician, a subway digger." >An offer...

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