The painting impressionist painter Henri Matisse, dedicated to the first post-World War celebrating Bastille Day, to be put up for sale at Sotheby's in New York.
The auction is scheduled for May 5. As expected, "Bouquet to July 14, 1919" will go under the hammer for between $ 18 to $ 25 million.
At Sotheby's said that the work "marked the beginning of a fresh and colorful style that characterizes the work of Matisse after 1919."
Cloth was purchased by a private collector in 1982 for 1.3 million dollars - a record amount of time to work by Matisse.
Emmanuel Di Donna, head of sales of Impressionist New York office of Sotheby's, explained that the painting expresses the artist's optimism about the end of the war, and marks the end of a difficult period in his personal life Matisse.
At a colorful canvas size 116 by 89 centimeters shows a bouquet of flowers on the table. Prior to the New York auction of his expose on view of the public in Hong Kong and New York.
So far, the most expensive painting by Matisse was the work of "Cuckoo Clocks and carpet in blue and red colors" in 1911: it sold in 2009 for 45.2 million dollars.
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