Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Picass-Oh Shit!

"Le Reve" (The Dream)

Las Vegas casino magnate Steve Wynn had just finalized a $139 million sale to another collector of his painting, called "Le Reve" (The Dream), when he poked a finger-sized hole in the artwork while showing it to friends at his Las Vegas office.
Director and screenwriter Nora Ephron, said Wynn had raised his hand to show the group something about Picasso's 1932 portrait of his mistress Marie-Therese Walter.

"At that moment, his elbow crashed backward right through the canvas. There was a terrible noise," Ephron said, noting that Wynn has retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease that damages peripheral vision.
"Smack in the middle ... was a black hole the size of a silver dollar 'Oh shit,' he said. 'Look what I've done. Thank goodness it was me.'"
Wynn's office confirmed the story, an account of which also appeared in The New Yorker. Both accounts said Wynn had decided to release the buyer from the sale agreement and to repair and keep the painting himself.
I can’t even comprehend an accident like this happening to me, but more then that, I can not FATHOM Steve Wynn's reaction!!!
I imagine mine would be a little more like throwing the biggest hissy fit the world has ever seen, screaming “Oh fuck… fuck, fuck, fuck... shit fucking fuck!!! No, no, no. Oh God no!!! Mother Fuck, etc.,” then, in a complete rage breakdown, I would probable tear the painting to shreds, break the frame into pieces and collapse in tears.
Perhaps I'll stick to prints.

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