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Admit it, you've probably walked through an art museum at some point and sneered, "Any 3-year-old could have done that."
But Denver police say Carmen Lucette Tisch took her apparent disdain for celebrated artist Clyfford Still's multimillion-dollar artwork one step beyond the snarky. Tisch is accused of trying to damage the abstract painting, above, by punching it and scratching it during a Dec. 29 visit to the new Clyfford Still Museum in Denver.
Witnesses said she also pulled down her pants and tried to urinate on the painting, although that isn't one of the charges she faces.
"It doesn't appear she urinated on the painting or that the ***** damaged it, so she's not being charged with that," said Lynn Kimbrough, a spokeswoman for the Denver district attorney's office, in an interview with the Denver Post.
Did we mention that the painting is estimated to be worth $30 million to $40 million?
