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Did the Beanie Baby Founder Destroy a Bauhaus Masterpiece?
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scrn loglineBeanie Baby mogul Ty Warner accused of destroying a prized Bauhaus sculpture at his luxury hotel property, sparking outrage from the artist's family.beat sheet- Ty Warner, the billionaire founder of Beanie Babies, allegedly erased a 40-foot-wide concrete and brick masterpiece by iconic Bauhaus artist Herbert Bayer from the grounds of his Four Seasons Biltmore hotel in Santa Barbara, with no explanation.
- Bayer's granddaughter, filmmaker Koko Bayer, is desperately seeking answers and hoping the work can be rebuilt, as it was considered one of the artist's most significant sculptures and integral to his legacy.
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Did the Beanie Baby Founder Destroy a Bauhaus Masterpiece?
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Lexy Perez
scrn logline
Beanie Baby mogul Ty Warner accused of destroying a prized Bauhaus sculpture at his luxury hotel property, sparking outrage from the artist's family.
beat sheet
- Ty Warner, the billionaire founder of Beanie Babies, allegedly erased a 40-foot-wide concrete and brick masterpiece by iconic Bauhaus artist Herbert Bayer from the grounds of his Four Seasons Biltmore hotel in Santa Barbara, with no explanation.
- Bayer's granddaughter, filmmaker Koko Bayer, is desperately seeking answers and hoping the work can be rebuilt, as it was considered one of the artist's most significant sculptures and integral to his legacy.
call sheet
Ty Warner, Herbert Bayer, Koko Bayer, Bauhaus School, Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO), City National Plaza, Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies, Aspen Institute, California Lawyers for the Arts, Walk in Space Painting, Double Ascension, Beanie Mania, The Beanie Bubble