Lissitzky poster heavily damaged

The famous Lissitzky poster Beat The Whites With The Red Wedge (1920) has been heavily damaged in the Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow. In the middle there’s a big hole and pieces of paper are hanging down.

What the hell has happened?

Yesterday evening, Friday 13 September 2013, an Angel has miraculously fallen down through the roof of the museum, through the center of the poster.

The technical staff from the museum is assisting in putting together the Angel agai

The Angel will probably never be able to fly again. She will stay in intensive care here until the end of the exhibition. 

And the Lissitzky poster will never be the same again.