Van Gogh goes on display before sale of ‘almost mythical’ private collection
Châtaigniers en fleurs, valued at $180m, to be auctioned along with 11 other works by likes of Cézanne and Monet
TL;DR
- Vincent van Gogh's 'Châtaigniers en fleurs,' painted in May 1890, is set for auction with a value of $180 million.
- The painting was part of the private collection of Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier, who died in 2020, and has been largely unseen for over 50 years.
- The collection is considered one of the last great private collections of impressionist and post-impressionist art.
- The auction at Sotheby's will also feature works by Cézanne, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, Gauguin, Sisley, Derain, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Vlaminck.
- The 12 paintings are expected to fetch more than $450 million in total.
- Following a display in London, the collection will travel to Taipei, Hong Kong, and Paris before the auction in New York on November 18.
- 'Châtaigniers en fleurs' is one of only eight Van Gogh paintings from Auvers-sur-Oise that remain in private hands.