Museum Langmatt announced last month that it would be selling up to three Paul Cézanne masterworks in its collection at Christie’s upcoming 20th Century evening sale in New York in November. But, on Monday, the museum said that presale provenance research found evidence that the sale’s star lot Fruits et pot de gingembre (1890-1893) may have been sold to the institution under duress. The terms of the agreement were not announced, but the painting carries an estimate of between $35 and $55 million. The document calling the masterwork’s provenance into question surfaced after Christie’s announced the sale, according to the museum. Founded in 1990, the Museum Langmatt consists the Brown family home, Villa Langmatt, and the art collection Sidney W. and Jenny Brown.

Source: Ethiopian News October 23, 2023 17:37 UTC