Hundreds queue in Hong Kong to glimpse Van Gogh painting unseen in public for 60 years
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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Hundreds queue in Hong Kong to glimpse Van Gogh painting unseen in public for 60 years - Regional Media News
By Joyce Zhou HONG KONG, Oct 13 (Reuters) - 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 [...]
This is the painting "Châtaigniers en fleurs" ("Chestnut Trees in Bloom"), which was painted in May 1890 and is considered one of the most important works of the last period of the Dutch painter's life.
THE AUCTION on November 18th will test the strength of the high-end art market.
Hundreds of people stood in line on Tuesday to see in Hong Kong a painting by Vincent van Gogh that has never been exposed to the public for more than six decades before an auction that experts believe will bring the seller about $180 million, reports Reuters. The auction that will be held in Hong Kong...
Hundreds queue in Hong Kong to glimpse Van Gogh painting unseen in public for 60 years
By Joyce Zhou HONG KONG, Oct 13 (Reuters) - 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...
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