Tripping Visitor Rips Met Picasso

Museum repairing 6-inch tear

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 25, 2010 1:43 AM CST
Updated Jan 25, 2010 6:47 AM CST

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Tripping Visitor Rips Met Picasso — Oops. A visitor stumbled into a masterpiece by Picasso during a visit to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. (?beckysnyder)

Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art has removed a $130 million Picasso painting for repair after it was damaged when a visitor tripped and fell into the masterpiece. The accident resulted in a 6-inch tear in a corner of the 1904 painting "The Actor." Repairs are expected to be completed in time for the museum's major Picasso exhibit in the spring, Bloomberg reports. The 6-foot painting is a key element of Picasso's work, signaling a shift from his "blue period."
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