Posted on 02/09/2022 7:24:49 PM PST by BenLurkin
Officials at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg in central Russia announced Monday they believe the perpetrator was a private security guard who, during his first day on the job, added eyes to the faceless figures with a ballpoint pen. He has since been fired, and the Three Figures painting, done by Anna Leporskaya between 1932 and 1934, has been sent back to Moscow for restoration.
The painting is insured for nearly $1 million and was on loan from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The damage will be remedied with a restoration expected to cost over $3,000, according to the Moscow Times.
Two visitors first reported the additions to the Soviet-era avant-garde image in December.
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Put a little smile face...and it will be perfect.
That was a beauty of a restoration. Frigg’n unbelievable.
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