Two employees exhibited a painting entitled “Scene de rue a Montmartre” (Impasse des deux frères et le moulin à Poivre), 1887 by the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, at the auction house Sotheby’s in Paris on February 24, 2021. – O a The painting will be auctioned on March 25, 2021 at the auction house Sotheby’s in Paris. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP via Getty Images)
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A painting of a Paris street scene by Vincent Van Gogh was shown in public for the first time. On Wednesday, British auction company Sotheby announced that the 1887 painting will be shown for the first time in Hong Kong, Amsterdam and Paris.
Van Gogh’s painting is expected to be auctioned in March and estimated to sell for up to $ 7 million. The auction company said the painting was privately owned and had never been seen in person.
Two employees exhibited a painting entitled “Scene de rue a Montmartre” (Impasse des deux frères et le moulin à Poivre), 1887, by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, at the auction house Sotheby’s in Paris on February 24, 2021. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP via Getty Images)
“The painting is a real rediscovery, which means that although it was published in comprehensive catalogs, it has never returned to the market since the day it was acquired by the family that owns it,” said Sotheby auctioneer Claudia Mercier. “So this painting has been in private hands for more than a century.”
Two employees exhibited a painting entitled “Scene de rue a Montmartre” (Impasse des deux frères et le moulin à Poivre), 1887, by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, at the auction house Sotheby’s in Paris on February 24, 2021. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP via Getty Images)
Some of Van Gogh’s paintings are still privately owned, making this exhibition a historic event.