A woman who left a lipstick imprint on an all-white painting by American artist Cy Twombly has been ordered to pay one euro (about $1.43) in damages to the painter.
Rindy Sam, 30, an artist of Cambodian origin living in France, has also been ordered to pay 1,000 euros ($1,425)Â to the painting's owner and $713 to the Avignon gallery where she planted the kiss.
On Friday, a French judge also ordered her to do 100 hours of community service after convicting her of "voluntarily damaging a work of art."
The judge said the fine awarded the artist was "symbolic."
The $2,139 total in damages was a far cry from the $2.8 million in damages the owner Yvon Lambert had originally requested — the full value of the painting.
He claimed it cost more than $45,000 to restore the work because the lipstick could not be easily removed.
During the trial, Sam argued that her impulsive kiss was an "act of love" rather than vandalism.
"When I kissed it, I thought the artist would have understood," she said.
Twombly, a Virginia-born artist who now lives in Italy, is known for abstract works that incorporate repetitive lines, graffiti, letters and words.
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