Van Gogh's painting from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor was put up for auction
Landscape by Van Gogh in the collection of actress Elizabeth Taylor will be at Christie's with an estimate 5-7 million pounds. Just a few years ago, this picture has been the subject of restorative dispute in which victory remained with Taylor
Vincent Van Gogh
View of shelter and the chapel at Saint-Remy. 1889
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exhibited paintings at auction works from the collection of the late Elizabeth Taylor, among them Vincent van Gogh landscape "view of the shelter and the Chapel at Saint-Remy", estimated at 5-7 million pounds. Pictures will be included in the auction of Impressionist and Modern Christie's 7-8 February 2012 .
famous actress was the daughter of an art dealer Francis Taylor (Francis Taylor Taylor), who was promoting creativity of English post-impressionist painter Augustus John in America. The picture of Van Gogh, Francis Taylor bought for her daughter in 1963 at auction in London for 92,000 pounds.
Elizabeth quietly owned the painting until 2004, when it sued the heirs of Jewish collectors Margaret Mautner. The descendants of Mauthner claimed that Margaret sold the landscape by Van Gogh, which she owned about 1907, the Nazis under duress, which gave them the right to claim now before the court. However, the claim of heirs in 2007 was rejected.
According publications in the media in 2007, rejected the claim, first, the expiration of his position to supply three-year term: the heirs should have known that the painting is in the collections of Taylor, the actress does not conceal this fact. The last public statement about the location of the picture belongs to 1990 year, when Taylor refused to put it on the auction of the international auction house. This means that the restorative process must be started within three years, until 1993, not 14 years later, in 2004. And secondly, the alleged Bar Taylor, Margaret Mauthner sold the van Gogh landscape through two Jewish art dealers to another Jewish collector, and no compulsion or even participate in this sale by the Nazis was not.
Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI
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