Russian painting vandalised by ‘bored’ gallery guard who drew eyes on it
by Sian Cain from on (#5VZVQ)
Anna Leporskaya's Three Figures sent for restoration after guard doodled on it with a ballpoint pen on his first day
A valuable avant garde painting has been vandalised by a bored" security guard who drew eyes on faceless figures in the artwork on his first day working in a Russian gallery.
Anna Leporskaya's Three Figures was painted between 1932 and 1934, and had been insured for 75m roubles (A$1.3m, 740,000). It was on display as part of an abstract art exhibition at the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center in Ekaterinburg when the guard drew eyes on it using a ballpoint pen.
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