Elizabeth Taylor art sale fetches 拢14m
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Van Gogh's Vue de l'asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy, fetched the most money at the Christie's sale
Three paintings from Elizabeth Taylor's personal art collection have been sold for 拢13.7m at an auction in London.
The combined total of the Vincent Van Gogh, Edgar Degas and Claude Pissarro artworks fetched more than double the 拢6.2m estimate at the Christie's sale.
Van Gogh's Vue de l'asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy (1889), fetched 拢10.1m, the highest price.
Taylor's father originally bought the piece on her behalf in 1963 for 拢92,000.
It had been hung on the star's living room wall in her Bel Air, California home until her death in March.
The other two paintings, a self-portrait by Degas and a large-scale landscape by Pissarro - called Pommiers a Eragny - sold for 拢713,250 and 拢2.9m respectively.
All three artworks featured in the global tour of highlights from the Collection of Elizabeth Taylor, which was displayed in both New York and London last autumn.
A further sale will offer 35 works from the late film star's fine art collection on Wednesday.
In December, a sale of Taylor's personal items such as jewellery, furniture and memorabilia, fetched $150m (拢94m).
The Oscar-winning actress died in Los Angeles last year at the age of 79.
- Published17 December 2011
- Published14 December 2011
- Published14 December 2011