Die Regisseuren Nora Ephron ("Harry & Sally") war Augenzeugin des Unglücks und berichtet darüber sehr anschaulich [Links nur für registrierte Nutzer]:
He raised his hand to show us something about the painting -- and at that moment, his elbow crashed backwards right through the canvas.
There was a terrible noise.
Wynn stepped away from the painting, and there ... was a black hole the size of a silver dollar - or, to be more exactly, the size of the tip of Steve Wynn's elbow -- with two three-inch long rips coming off it in either direction. Steve Wynn has retinitis pigmentosa, an eye disease that damages peripheral vision, but he could see quite clearly what had happened.
"Oh shit," he said. "Look what I've done."
The rest of us were speechless.
"Thank God it was me," he said.