How stupid would you feel… You just sold a (Picasso) painting for a record US$139 million, when you go and poke your elbow through and tear the canvas… Doh!

Here is Nora Ephron’s blog post about it (she was in the room when it happened but was sworn to secrecy until over a week later, when the story got out).

(Oops, I just realized the New Yorker article about it also used “Doh!”. At least I’m in good company…or as unimaginative as the New Yorker…)

And by the way, the “Cirque du Soleil show” Le Rêve (playing at Steve Wynn’s hotel and named after his elbow-ripped Picasso painting) is NOT a Cirque du Soleil show. It’s a Franco Dragone “water-based show” in the spirit of “O”, Franco Dragone’s “water-based Cirque du Soleil show” at the Bellagio. There is a very funny FAQ clarifying this on C du S’s site. Seems they’ve gotten a few questions about this.

Incidentally, I saw this painting a few years back when it was on display at the Bellagio…

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