To the untutored eye little is different about “The Actor,” the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s rare Rose Period Picasso, other than that it is now safely behind plexiglass. It’s virtually impossible to tell that on a January afternoon a woman taking an adult education class accidentally fell into the canvas, causing a six-inch vertical tear along the lower right-hand corner.
For the full story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/arts/design/21picasso.html?th&emc=th
I would be interested in hearing comments relating to any claim for loss in value from the Metropolitan Museum's point of view or from an insurance adjuster's point of view regarding this.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
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