Brice Marden Painting “well done”

(Oil and wax on canvas. 64.5 x 78.4 in., 1969)

Brice Marden’s 1969 painting, Au Centre, was headed to Sotheby’s in NYC for auction. En route, it came loose inside its crate when a forklift operator smashed into it at Frankfurt airport in Germany. Gagosian Gallery’s insurance carrier, AXA Art Insurance Corp., filed suit against Lufthansa Airlines last Friday.