Colorado woman accused of damaging $30 million painting

Colorado woman accused of damaging $30 million painting
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Summary Police report said accused punched, scratched the painting, an oil-on-canvas called 1957-J no.2.

A 36-year-old woman was accused of causing $10,000 worth of damage to a painting by the late abstract expressionist artist Clyfford Still, a work valued at more than $30 million, authorities said on Wednesday.A police report said Carmen Tisch punched and scratched the painting, an oil-on-canvas called 1957-J no.2, at the recently opened Clyfford Still museum in Denver and pulled her pants down to slide her buttocks against it.