

The Yeltsin Center, in a statement issued earlier this week, revealed the identity of the suspect as a security guard. A bored security guard allegedly ruined a 1 million (Rs 7.47 crore) painting on his first day at work - by drawing eyes on its faceless figures. The faces on the three figures were blank until a 'bored' security guard. The Three Figures painting, by Anna Leporskaya, was recently on exhibit at the Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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The Birth of a New Art’ at the Yeltsin Center on December 7, 2021, Daily Mail said in its report, citing The Art Newspaper. 1MILLION painting is ruined after 'bored' security guard draws eyes on faceless figures Full story: /IyfEbWMP9O Daily Mail Online (MailOnline. A 'bored' security guard allegedly ruined a 1 million (Rs 7.47 crore) painting on his first day at work - after he drew eyes on its faceless figures. 'Three Figures' Painting Worth 1 Million Ruined After Bored Security Guard Draws Eyes On The Faceless Picture in. The unnamed guard was reportedly from a private security company and has since been fired. The extra details on two of the three figures in the painting were spotted by two people who attended the art exhibition called ‘The World as Non-Objectivity. The 'Three Figures' painting by Anna Leporskaya was defaced as a bored security guard drew a pair of eyes on the faceless figures with a ballpoint pen on the first day of his job. The painting by artist Anna Leporskaya, called Three. He did so on the first day of his job, in fact. A painting worth £740,000 has been ruined after a security guard drew two pairs of eyes on the faceless figures on his first day on the job. During an abstract art exhibition at the Yeltsin Center in Russia’s Yekaterinburg, the security guard drew two pairs of eyes with a ballpoint pen on artist Anna Leporskaya’s ‘Three Figures’ (19321934) painting, according to a Daily Mail report. The vandalism was noticed by a few visitors who raised an alarm. According to Associated Press, The Yeltsin Center in Ekaterinburg said the vandalism of the painting “Three Figures” by Anna Leporskaya occurred on December 7.
