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Vincent van Gogh's Châtaigniers en fleurs is displayed ahead of this week's auction

ByDan Sales
  • Published3 hours ago

Auction house Sotheby's says it is working to resolve a dispute over the intended sale of a painting by Vincent van Gogh.

Châtaigniers en Fleurs, which carries an estimate of $180m (£136m), is due to go under the hammer in New York on Wednesday.

But representatives acting for heirs of the Fischer family - earlier German owners of the work - say it may have been sold under duress during the rise of the Nazis.