this painting by Vincent
van Gogh,
has never been seen in public, titled “Street scene in Montmartre (Impasse des Deux Frères and the
Pepper Mill)” (1887), oil on canvas, 46.1 x 61.3 centimetres, image
courtesy of Sotheby’s,
after spending more than a century in a private collection, the piece is being put up for auction, before the auction only a small, black-and-white
photograph taken in 1972 existed of the painting that’s reminiscent of some of
the artist’s other works,
it
was painted it in the spring of 1887. “Street scene in Montmartre (Impasse des Deux Frères and the
Pepper Mill)” depicts a couple walking on a windy day in front of an
entertainment hub in Paris,
the lively street is thought to be the same as that in “Impasse
des Deux Frères,” which currently hangs at the Van Gogh Museum in
Amsterdam, and similarly depicts a mill and flags promoting the cabaret and bar
through the gates. According to The Art Newspaper, there’s speculation about how the family
obtained “Street scene in Montmartre,” considering many of van Gogh’s artworks
at the time were gifted to his brother, Theo, pending COVID-19 precautions, the work is slated for short
exhibitions in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Paris throughout March, and in case you have a space on the wall that needs to be filled, make sure you have £4 million or more, (some estimates say £9 million), I was tempted, but the only wall that it would look nice on has a beautiful photograph of our wedding on it, so I will pass on the Van Gogh.
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