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Some people just have to much money….
Think it’s one of the most ugly paintings i have seen
Before the accident
Dream Turns To Nightmare
Updated: 09:53, Wednesday October 18, 2006
A wealthy American casino owner has accidentally put his elbow through a £74m Picasso painting.
Steve Wynn poked a finger-sized hole in Le Reve (The Dream) while showing it to friends at his Las Vegas office.
He had just finalised selling the famed artwork to another collector when he made the costly slip.
Director and screenwriter Nora Ephron witnessed the incident.
She 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,” she added, noting Wynn had 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 has reportedly decided to release the buyer from the sale agreement and to repair and keep the painting himself.
The millionaire casino developer and art collector is famous for developing The Mirage and Bellagio resorts in Las Vegas in the 1990s.
