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ABOUT THE ARTWORK
Historic "LINGOTTO D'ORO DI SALE" ( GOLD BAR also called gold bullion or gold ingot of SALT!) Salt Crystal Artwork created 22 years ago, in the Year 2000 by Pioneer Artist Bettina Werner, The Salt Queen "Good Luck for great beginnings, greatest heavenly blessings! Going with inner strength & growth into the magic color of 2022 in tune with the 5th Element: Earth, Fire, Air, Water and....SALT! " Bettina Werner One-of-a-kind Salt Crystal Artwork BETTINA WERNER LINGOTTO DI SALE D’ORO, 2000 4LB GOLD BAR OF SALT 3 2/4 x 5 2/4 x 3 1/8 © Bettina Werner 2000 Artwork created with textured colorized salt technique invented by Bettina Werner in the early 1980's 4LB = 1.814Kg (1 Kilograms and 814 Grams!) How much is a 1 pound of gold worth today? Most things are measured in avoirdupois units. 1 avoirdupois pound is about 1.2 troy pounds. Therefore 1 avoirdupois pound of gold today would sell at about $14,988 x 1.2 = $17,987 USD About The Artist 1st Pioneering Artist who invented the textured colorized salt crystal technique, in the early 80's, as an art medium in the history of art 1st Italian Artist at The Pushkin Museum starring with legendary American Icon Artists including Pollock 1st Italian Artist featured at The Whitney Museum 1st 25 year old Artist exhibiting at the Monte Carlo Biennial with forty Historic Art Masters including Miro' 1st pioneering European Artist included in the Herbert and Dorothy Vogel Collection, the largest and most famous Art collection in the United States 1st Artist featured in the Wall Street Journal spread page, entitled " Palace of the Salt Queen”, in her Lavish 21st floor Art Loft, overlooking the New York Stock Exchange 1st 25 Year Panoramic (40,000 sq. ft.) Art Retrospective at 7 World Trade Center, overlooking Ground Zero surrounded by spectacular NYC skyscrapers 1st Artist highlighted for three years at The Triennale Bovisa Museum in Milan 1st Woman Artist exhibited at the famous Wall Street Down Town Association Men's VIP Club, throughout the four floors of the Landmark Building 1st Italian/American Artist to be invited to represent The United States of America, at the prestigious “OPEN 16” Art exhibition in Venice, Italy
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Sculpture:
New Media on Other
Original:
One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:
5.2 W x 3.1 H x 3.1 D in
Frame:
Not Framed
Ready to Hang:
Not applicable
Packaging:
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BETTINA WERNER
United States
BETTINA WERNER, "The Salt Queen" Internationally acclaimed artist Bettina Werner pioneered a complex textured colorized technique of creating art using vibrantly pigmented salt crystals in the early 1980', and established the Salt Queen Foundation in 2002 to encourage other artists working with innovative techniques. Born in Milan, Italy in 1965 she is now a new American citizen residing in The Financial District of New York City. She is a motivational force in Lower Manhattan with her radiant, unique salt crystal artworks. Her breathtaking loft overlooks the New York Stock Exchange, in the newly renovated Philippe Starck Building, in the heart of the Wall Street world. She studied at the prestigious Brera Academy of Fine Art in Milan. Bettina Werner started showing her artwork in the early 90's with Marisa Del Re Gallery in the Fuller Building, in Manhattan. She celebrated her 25th anniversary of her creative Art journey, with a Retrospective at 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER. View the spectacular video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RWn76QLCL8 Bettina Werner's artwork are exhibited in Museums, galleries and public places extensively throughout Europe, Russia and the United States, including: the Whitney Museum, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, the Detroit Institute of Art, Portofino Museum, Italy, Triennale Museum in Milan, Las Vegas Art Museum, Chase Manhattan Bank, the collection of Herbert and Dorothy Vogel , the collection of Martin Margulies of Miami and Nicos Vernicos of Athens, Greece. Reviews and features on her work have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Art in America, Elle, Architectural Digest,The Chicago Tribune,The Miami Herald, ArtNews, Elle Decor, GQ, Flash Art, Hamptons Magazine, New York Post, l' Espresso, Il Corriere della Sera, and many more publications. Press link: .html Bettina Werner has been featured in art textbooks throughout Europe such as "Arte del Novecento by Mirolla-Zucconi, through the prestigious Italian publishing house Mondadori Universita' 2002 and "Arte Moderna", by Giulio Carlo Argan, an art textbook used throughout Italy's Schools.
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