Co-researcher Retha Edens - Meier, Ph.D., a professor and research scientist in SLU's School of Education, using thermocouples, and a
hypodermic tissue probe, learned that these dark petals are up to 3 degrees Celsius (5.4 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the surrounding atmosphere
when they stand in a pool of Spring sunlight.
Version No. 2 of Lying Figure with
Hypodermic Syringe, 1968, by Francis Bacon (estimate on request), The Garage, 1929, by Sir Stanley Spencer (estimate: # 1.5 - 2.5 million), offered from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, and Industrial Scene, 1951, by L.S. Lowry, each define a high point in the artists» careers at moments
when their invention established them as innovative geniuses of their generation.