Hugo Boss Prize 2010: Hans-Peter Feldmann

Long story short: Hans-Peter Feldmann, the 70-year-old winner of the Guggenheim Museum's Hugo Boss Prize 2010, has cashed his $100,000 check and asked for it in one dollah bills, every single one of which he had pinned to the museum's walls, a process that took his assistants nearly two weeks.

Each bill is held up by a simple metal pin in such a way as to have them overlap like shingles.

The room's two round columns (top) have also been papered over.

Once the piece comes down on November 2, Feldmann can do whatever he likes with the money — after all, it's his. 

Above and below, 

details from Feldmann's piece.

For reference, Andy Warhol's 1962 painting "200 One Dollar Bills" sold for $43.8 million at Sotheby's in 2009.