Rarely seen Paris Van Gogh sells for over 13 mn euros

One of the few paintings by Vincent Van Gogh still in private hands sold for more than 13 million euros at auction Thursday, Sotheby's said.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 24, 2021 two employees put on display a painting titled "Scene de rue a Montmartre" (Impasse des deux freres et le moulin à Poivre), 1887 by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, at the Sotheby's auction house in Paris on February 24, 2021. One of the few paintings of Vincent Van Gogh still in private hands will be put up for auction on March 25, 2021 in one of the most anticipated sales of modern works this year. "Street Scene in Montmartre" is the highlight of 33 works from masters including Degas, Magritte, Modigliani, Klee, Rodin and his muse Camille Claudel being sold in an auction streamed live by Sotheby's in Paris. STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP

2021-03-28 16:22:30

One of the few paintings by Vincent Van Gogh still in private hands sold for more than 13 million euros at auction Thursday, Sotheby's said.

"Street Scene in Montmartre" -- on public display for the first time since its creation in 1887, after a century in the same collection -- fetched 13.09 million euros ($15.4 million), the auction house said.

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