Van Gogh Work Unseen in Public for 60 Years on Show in Hong Kong
The work has been unseen publicly for more than 60 years and is expected to fetch about $180 million at auction, Sotheby’s said.
- On Tuesday, hundreds of people queued in Hong Kong to view Vincent van Gogh's 'Châtaigniers en fleurs,' a painting expected to fetch about $180 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
- Painted in May 1890 in the French village of Auvers-sur-Oise, the work ranks among the Dutch artist's final creations, completed about two months before he died aged 37.
- After Van Gogh's death in July 1890, the painting passed to his brother Theo, then widow Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, and later American songwriter George 'Buddy' DeSylva before the Blaquier family acquired it in 1975.
- The painting is part of a collection of 12 long-unseen works being sold, which includes pieces by Paul Cezanne and Claude Monet, according to Sotheby's.
- Art lover Li Shanshan, 50, traveled about two and a half hours from Shenzhen to view the work, saying "I'd never heard of this painting before, so I wanted to see it with my own eyes.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Sook-hee = Hundreds of people flocked to Hong Kong to see Vincent van Gogh's work, which was unveiled for the first time in over 60 years.
It had not been shown to the public in 60 years. A painting by Vincent van Gogh, painted a few months before his death, attracts all eyes to Hong Kong before an exceptional auction.
Estimated at about $180 million according to Sotheby, which will auction the painting on November 18 in New York, "Châtaigniers en fleurs", painted by Vincent van Gogh shortly before his suicide
Hundreds of people lined up in Hong Kong today to see a Vincent van Gogh painting that has not been on public display for more than six decades. The painting is being put on display ahead of an auction by Sotheby's in New York, where it is expected to sell for about $180 million. Van Gogh's "Chestnut Blossoms" The auction on November 18 will be a test of the strength of the high-art market, in which collectors continue to compete for rare troph…
Hundreds queue in H.K. to glimpse Van Gogh painting unseen in public for 60 years
Hundreds of people queued in Hong Kong on Tuesday to view a Vincent van Gogh painting never publicly exhibited in more than six decades, ahead of a Sotheby's auction in New York where it is expected to fetch about $180 million.
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