Forgotten Picasso and Derain sell at auction

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Forgotten Picasso and Derain sell at auction

The collection of Impressionists, of which no one knew for 40 years until she was kept in a cell bank, put up for sale. This write Bloomberg and BBC News. Among the works - Derain, Picasso and Cezanne.
141 painting belonged to the famous art dealer Ambroise Vollard (Ambroise Vollard), who died in a car accident in 1939. After the death of Vollard's collection deposited in the bank Societe Generale gave his assistant, a young Yugoslav Shlomovich Erich (Erich Slomovic). That, in turn, was killed by the Nazis in 1942.

"Treasure" of works of art was discovered in 1979, when the deposit box was opened. Then the pictures were going to be auctioned off, but the auction was canceled because of disputes and the heirs of Vollard Shlomovicha on the Rights of the pictures. These disputes could be solved only in 2006.

Paintings will be sold at auction at Sotheby's in London and Paris, which will be held on 22 and 29 June. It is expected that a total of collection can rescue up to 26 million dollars. Top-lot trading is work Andre Derain "Trees in Kolyure, its valued at 9-14 million pounds (13,9 - 21,6 million dollars). Portrait of Emile Zola's works by Cezanne valued at 500-800 thousand euros (about 650 thousand - a million dollars).

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