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    Christie's to sell Elizabeth Taylor art collection

    By JILL LAWLESS | Associated Press – Mon, Jan 16, 2012

    LONDON (AP) — A Vincent van Gogh landscape and other paintings from the collection of Elizabeth Taylor are up for auction in London next month.

    Christie's auction house says 38 works belonging to the late actress will be included in Impressionist and modern sales Feb. 7 and 8.

    They include van Gogh's autumn landscape "Vue de l'Asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy," estimated at 5 million to 7 million pounds ($7.6 million to $11 million), as well as an Edgar Degas self-portrait and works by Camille Pissarro and Auguste Renoir.

    The daughter of a London art dealer, Taylor amassed a significant collection of 19th and 20th century works.

    Her father, Francis Taylor, bought the van Gogh painting in 1963 on his daughter's behalf for $257,600 at a Sotheby's auction in London.

    It was later the subject of an ownership battle that ended in 2007, when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a claim brought by descendants of a former owner, a Jewish woman who had fled Germany in 1939.

    "Having grown up surrounded by fine art and surrounded by her own canvasses until the end of her life, this collection of paintings was very important to Miss Taylor," said Christie's Impressionist and Modern specialist Giovanna Bertazzoni.

    She said the auction "provides collectors with not only a very interesting insight into the icon herself, but also an exciting opportunity to acquire important works by leading Impressionist and modern artists."

    Taylor's jewelry, fashions and movie memorabilia raised $156 million at a series of New York auctions last month, with one buyer paying $8.8 million for a 33.19-carat diamond ring given to Taylor by Richard Burton, the actor she married twice.

    The screen goddess — whose films included "Cleopatra," ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" — died in March aged 79.

    The works will be on display at Christie's London showroom Feb. 2-7.

    Proceeds from the sale will go to the Elizabeth Taylor Trust.

     

    6 comments

    • guy
      guy  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  4 mths ago
      anyone else disturbed by the fact he kids are so willing to get rid of everything she owned? seems sad. why not donate some of the paintings and jewelry to a museum?
    • Joan
      Joan  •  Reston, Virginia  •  4 mths ago
      So many charities are benefiting from this great ladies wealth. She would be so pleased. Lord, don't we miss her true beauty, acting ability etc. what with todays anemic 'talents' She was simply a great beauty and human being.
    • WATCHEM
      WATCHEM  •  San Diego, California  •  4 mths ago
      As with real estate, the good pieces don't make it to market or action.
    • California Kid
      California Kid  •  4 mths ago
      They asked her heirs do you want whats behind curtain number one, the jewels and the art and the homes or do you want the cash....Ummm we'll take the cash Montey, we waited a long time for her to die so we could be rich.
      • ger 41
        ger 41 4 mths ago
        That is really gross,Kid. Same way you're waiting for your parents to die. I hope they leave you nothing.
    • GAYNOR
      GAYNOR  •  Birmingham, United Kingdom  •  3 mths ago
      I bought works of art, from Asda, 2 dresses @ £10.00 each, & one dress for £18.00. BRILLIANT BUYS! Nail polish for 1.25 & flowers for Valentine Day.
    • Mark
      Mark  •  4 mths ago
      I wish Richard Burton had died of lung cancer like Sir Stanley Baker.
      • ger 41
        ger 41 4 mths ago
        What does it matter now?
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