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^ Eva hasn't been around as long as Jen.

I don't think Eva was being cocky at all, and she didn't say anything that wasn't true I don't think. It's gotta be super annoying to be compared to someone simply because you share a Census box. lol

Eva Mendes Commissions Sculpture of Jennifer Lopez

Pricy Quinn "head portraits" are in high demand worldwide.

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 10, 2008) -- Sexy Cuban-American actress Eva Mendes, star of the classic catfight remake "The Women," has told friends that she has reached a deal with famed British artist Marc Quinn to create a portrait of fellow artist and friend Jennifer Lopez.

It would be the first head he has done outside of his own.

At $700,000 a pop, Quinn's portraits are admittedly a bit pricy. "But I think it will be a good investment," says Mendes. "And it will be particularly nice to have around in the summertime."

As noted above, to date, Quinn has created only four portraits -- all of himself. "So the portrait of Jennifer will be his first third-party portrait," said Mendes. "Which I find to be very exciting."

The first Quinn portrait, Self I, a frozen sculpture of the artist's head made out of his own blood, was acquired by collector Charles Saatchi and extensively exhibited. Saatchi sold it in 2006 to Steve Cohen, the Connecticut-based hedge fund billionaire and major collector.

Of the other Quinn portraits, one is in the hands of Texan collectors Cindy and Howard Rachofsky and is partly owned with the Dallas Museum of Art (where it is currently in storage), and a third belongs to Korean collector Kim Chang-il ("C.I. Kim"), who has a private museum in a shopping complex he owns in Cheonan, outside Seoul.

Quinn uses ten pints of his own blood for each self-portrait head. He told us that he needs over a year to produce sufficient blood.

Mendes says she hopes to have her own Quinn portrait in her hands by early spring - "depending on Jennifer's schedule," she says.

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