This is from a salvage operation to scavenge what was left, after bad gesso cracked and fell away from the masonite. You can fairly easily make out the jagged edge created when the pieces fell away, leaving scant traces behind, in the middle-right of the image, and other areas as well.
If you would like to see what that painting looked like before this happened, the event was featured here.
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