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Visitor collides with Picasso work at Met in NYC
[January 25, 2010] NEW YORK (AP) -- A notable painting by Picasso will undergo repairs after a visitor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art accidentally lost her balance and struck it.
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The museum says the accident caused a vertical tear of about 6 inches in the lower right-hand corner of "The Actor," painted by the artist during the winter of 1904-1905. The museum says the damage didn't affect the "focal point of the composition." Curatorial and conservation staff assessed the painting's condition following Friday's accident when a visitor attending a class struck the artwork in one of the museum's galleries. The nearly 6-by-4-foot canvas depicts an acrobat posed dramatically against an abstracted backdrop. The museum has about 250 works by Picasso in its collection. ___ On the Net: The Metropolitan Museum of Art: http://www.metmuseum.org/ |
