New York. On friday last week a woman made a 6inch big tear drop on the lower right-hand corner of Picasso’s famous ‘The Actor’, while attending a class at the Metropolitan Museum.
The spokesman of the Museum stated that “She lost balance during this class session.”
The Picture immediately came to the Museum’s conservation studio for repair. “Fortunately, the damage did not occur in a focal point of the composition, and the curatorial and conservation staffs fully expect that the repair, which will take place in the coming weeks, will be unobtrusive,” the museum said.
This is not the first time that a Picasso suffered from a teardrop. The 1932 picture of Picasso’s mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter was about to be sold for a record $139 million. Because of a tear, the sale fell through and the painting’s estimated value fell to $85 million — a drop of $54 million.
Tags: damage, Expressionism, new york, Picasso, Tear, Value
Tags: damage, Expressionism, new york, Picasso, Tear, Value
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