In Repairing Picasso, Many Factors Determine The Course

Friday’s damage to a Picasso recalls Stephen Wynn’s 2006 mishap. “But it is difficult to compare a 1932 Picasso with one painted in 1904-5. The early canvases are more delicate and the oil paint is thinner than the enamel-based kind the artist was known to have used later in his career. And then there is the question of whether there’s only one image involved.”