Two employees exhibited at the Sotheby’s auction house in Paris on February 24, 2021, a painting entitled “Impasse des deux freres et le moulin à Poivre” (Image of the two brothers and the moulin à Poivre), 1887 by the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. the painting will be auctioned on March 25, 2021 at Sotheby’s auction house 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’s announced that the 1887 painting will be presented for the first time in Hong Kong, Amsterdam and Paris.
Van Gogh’s painting will be auctioned in March and is estimated to sell for up to $ 7 million. The auction company said the painting was previously privately owned and had never been seen in person.
Two employees exhibited at the Sotheby’s auction house in Paris on February 24, 2021, a painting entitled “Scene de rue a Montmartre” (Impasse des deux freres et le moulin à Poivre), 1887 by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP via Getty Images)
“The painting is a real rediscovery, which means that while it has been published in full catalogs, it has never reappeared on the market since the day it was acquired by the owner family,” said the Sotheby’s auctioneer. Claudia Mercier. “So it’s been over a century since this painting has been in private hands.”
Two employees exhibited at the Sotheby’s auction house in Paris on February 24, 2021, a painting entitled “Scene de rue a Montmartre” (Impasse des deux freres et le moulin à Poivre), 1887 by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP via Getty Images)
Some of Van Gogh’s paintings still remain privately owned, making this exhibition a historic event.