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From: mullen@gate.net (Allen Mullen)
Subject: Painting ID Challenge
Date: 1996/01/14
Message-ID: <4da3sb$iu0@news.gate.net>
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organization: CyberGate, Inc.
newsgroups: alt.ascii-art

   The following ascii picture is based on a famous painting. Can you
identify it? 

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   I know. It looks like the hat is poking the guy at the top in the eye. 
I rearranged the original painting a little too much this time.

Allen