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The painting is titled This Painting is Not Available in Your Country and was created by Paul Mutant (2010, acrylic on canvas, 12” by 10”). You can see more in Paul Mutant’s Flickr photostream.
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Heh. I’d say that an original painting being displayed in a single art gallery at a time gets many fewer eyes on it than a popular image on the web.
And once it’s bought, it’s not available in your country either … at least for your eyes!
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