Ted Forstmann, the financier, who died last year, provided a portrait of Maar for exhibition in a gallery in in 2008. Then the insurance company paid $ 7.5 million Forstmannu in damages.

A report on the status of that company Sotheby's offers a special request, it is said that the work "in excellent condition ". Five-centimeter injury in the neck of a woman and, according to auction house, now completely invisible due to the "first-class restoration." According to the master restorer Terrence Mahon (Terrence Mahon), the canvas was a small gap, but the damage to the paint layer were minimal (Mahon was also involved in the restoration of works by Picasso, owned by Steven Uinnu (Stephen Wynn), after the gambling magnate accidentally poked his elbow in the picture in 2006).

In the catalog of the upcoming auction of the damage occurred is not reported. None of the interested parties did not press the suit said. However, according to Bloomberg, the claim passed to the proceedings yesterday joined the list of designated proceedings in the Supreme Court of New York. The insurer deceased owner's paintings, the company American International Insurance, wants to get back their $ 7.5 million and legal costs.

Prepared by Mary Estrova, AI