Search for Treasure Worldwide Chapter 1387: Lover’s gift
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When the laughter subsided, Ye Tian continued:
“After introducing the painter Susanna, let’s talk about this oil painting. Everything shown in this oil painting accurately reflects Susanna’s painting style, which is fanatical and passionate.
Susanna paints like crazy. The sketches she draws are not to be paired with beautiful frames, but to capture a moment of turbulent and tense life.
She does not create anything in her paintings, but always curiously and precisely strives to put the human form into her hard and even sharp, yet always clever and harmonious brushwork.
Although her painting techniques are somewhat stiff, her expressions are bright and powerful. She is a rare painter with a unique masculine style in which will dominates all feelings.
Suzanne did not admit to having any teachers, and in fact she had nothing in common with any of the great painters who took her as a model. She only agreed that she had been inspired by Gauguin’s technique.
It is a pity that although Suzanne’s paintings have a good reputation among critics, they do not sell well. For a period of time, they even sold for only three francs each. However, her son’s paintings always sell for sky-high prices…”
While explaining, Ye Tian had already turned on perspective, admiring the secrets hidden behind the painting, with a hint of joy flashing in his eyes from time to time.
Under Susanna’s oil painting, there is a slightly smaller oil painting hidden, stretched on a solid wood drawing board, and perfectly covered by Susanna’s oil painting.
There is a layer of white cloth between the two oil paintings, which separates the two paintings. There is no flaw visible on the surface!
The hidden oil painting is an outstanding painting from Gauguin’s peak period and an undoubted top-notch work of art, worth at least 25 million US dollars!
And this is the real reason why Ye Tian stopped and stood in front of Susanna’s oil painting for a long time!
The first moment he walked into this gallery, Ye Tian saw this oil painting at a glance. The nearly twenty layers of charming halo on Gauguin’s painting made his eyes dizzy!
Although Suzanne’s painting is not bad, the author’s signature clearly visible in the lower right corner of the painting has eliminated any possibility of leakage!
Not only Ye Tian knows this, but the gallery owner also knows it like a mirror!
But there is something else underneath Susanna’s oil painting, which is another story. There is no doubt that this is another shocking leak, enough to cause quite a shock!
If it weren’t for the hidden Gauguin paintings, Ye Tian would have left long ago, and he wouldn’t have the intention to stay here for so long.
Who is Gauguin? As mentioned before, he is one of the three famous masters of Post-Impressionism and one of Susanna’s former lovers.
From this point of view, it is completely normal for Susanna to own Gauguin’s paintings!
What’s more important is that in Ye Tian’s eyes, the outstanding painting by Gauguin depicts the dancing Susanna Valadon. Maybe it is Gauguin’s token of love to Susanna!
After thoroughly looking through the two paintings inside and outside, Ye Tian withdrew his gaze and ended the perspective.
After explaining this Susanna painting and quietly admiring it for a while, Ye Tian turned his head and looked at the gallery owner, smiled and asked:
“Mr. Albert, what is the price of this oil painting of Susanna? I have only seen Susanna’s paintings in museums before, but never on the market!
Since I came across a painting by Susanna this time, I don’t want to miss it. If the price is reasonable, I intend to accept this oil painting by Susanna! “
Hearing this, the gallery owner Albert did not immediately give a quotation, but came over and looked at the Suzanne painting suspiciously!
Unfortunately, he has studied that oil painting many times and found nothing unusual before. The same is true now, everything is the same!
After retracting his gaze, Albert thought for a moment, and then gave a price for the oil painting.
“One hundred and fifty thousand euros, Mr. Steven, if you can accept this price, this painting of Susanna will be yours”
Ye Tian shook his head slightly, and then returned the offer.
“This price is too high and I cannot accept it. Although Susanna is a celebrity in the history of modern art, that is because of her ambiguous relationships with many great artists.
As a painter, whether during her lifetime or after her death, the antique art market was not very fond of her works. The prices of Susanna’s paintings have never increased!
I am a businessman, not a collector of antiques and art at any cost. To me, this is a business. Since it is a business, of course it must follow the market value!
One hundred and twenty thousand euros! This is my quotation. Based on my understanding of the market situation of Susanna’s paintings, this is already a very rare and high price. I wonder if you can accept it? “
After speaking, Ye Tian looked at Albert with a smile, waiting for the other party to make a decision.
Albert was silent and began to think about it.
As a gallery owner, he certainly understands the market situation of Susanna’s paintings, and he also knows that Ye Tian is right, 120,000 euros is indeed a very good price, very tempting!
But who thinks money is so hot? Of course Albert is no exception!
Albert quickly raised his head, looked at Ye Tian, and tentatively quoted a new price.
“One hundred and thirty thousand euros! Steven, this is the lowest price I can accept. For a super rich man like you, ten thousand euros is just a drop in the bucket, but it means a lot to us!”
When he said these words, he looked at Ye Tian expectantly, expecting to hear the most beautiful answer.
After pondering for a moment, Ye Tian nodded with a smile and extended his right hand to Albert.
“Okay, Mr. Albert, the deal is 130,000 euros. Although the price is a bit high, it is not easy to come across a painting of Susanna. I am willing to accept this price!”
“Great, Mr. Steven, deal, you are such a generous guy!”
Albert said excitedly, and shook Ye Tian’s right hand vigorously.
Deal done! The priceless Gauguin painting was successfully obtained, as if it was picked up for nothing!
Cheering secretly, Ye Tian then smiled and said:
“Albert, I don’t know which method of payment you prefer, bank check or transfer? I can do it at your convenience. I can pay the price now and get both money and goods!
You also know that I am not French. If I want to take this oil painting back to New York, to avoid unnecessary trouble, I need you to issue some certificates in order to pass French customs!
It can be seen that this oil painting should have been in the hands of experts, at least in the hands of art lovers who know how to paint. The entire painting is very well preserved, which is commendable!
First of all, let’s talk about the oil paint on the canvas. No wrinkles or cracks can be seen. The humidity is very good. Although the frame is nearly a hundred years old, there is no crack at all!
Next, we will stay in Europe for a while. To make it easier to carry, I plan to remove the canvas from the solid wood drawing board, put it into a telescopic painting tube, and disassemble the frame!
After completing the transaction, I need you to provide some tools so that I can dismantle the frame and remove the canvas on site. Of course, I also need you to provide a telescopic painting tube and a box!
From the beginning of the transaction until I finally remove the canvas, we will be filming a video, as you know I am not very popular in France, so this might save some trouble! “
When he said these words, Ye Tian’s expression was very calm and there was nothing unusual about it.
Although he could take the painting back to New York first, and then take out the Gauguin masterpiece hidden under Susanna’s oil painting and make a fortune!
However, considering the value of Gauguin’s paintings, if a top-notch work of art like this is to be publicly traded in the art market and fetch sky-high prices, the origin must be clear and it must withstand scrutiny!
If not, it may cause some trouble and even attract the covetousness of others!
That’s why he planned to dismantle the frame here in front of Albert. That priceless Gauguin masterpiece was naturally a pleasant surprise!
Thus, this kind of understanding can also be formed in the eyes of other people!
The reason why Ye Tian was able to harvest this outstanding painting by Gauguin can only be attributed to his overwhelming luck. God always stands with him. Other than that, there is no other explanation!
After doing this, no one can question the origin of this painting, and there will be no obstacles in sending this Post-Impressionist masterpiece to a top auction in the future!
Of course, the result of this will definitely make Albert extremely painful. He will regret it so much that he just wants to jump into the Seine River, and he will hate Ye Tian so much that he will break his steel teeth!
But how could Ye Tian care about his feelings.
In Ye Tian’s view, there are so many people who hate him. One more is not more, one less is not more, who can still bite me?
Furthermore, even if this outstanding Gauguin painting passes by him, it will fall into the hands of other tourists or collectors. In short, it will not belong to Albert!
If Albert could have discovered this painting, it would not have been preserved until now!
There is a time in life that must come, but there is no time in life, so don’t force it! Absolutely a wise saying!
“Bank transfer, Steven, it is more convenient and faster. As for the tools you mentioned for removing the frame and the retractable painting tube, there is no problem. I have them here!
I have to say that you are very considerate. This oil painting of Susanna is not small in size. It is really inconvenient to carry the frame around with you. It is obviously more suitable to carry it in a painting tube!
When we complete this art transaction, I will ask the clerk to get the tools to remove the frame. Let’s start the transaction. I will issue you the relevant certificate for this oil painting right away! “
Albert nodded excitedly and said with a bright smile on his face.
Ye Tian shook his head slightly, pointed at a landscape oil painting next to him and said:
“Don’t worry, Albert, that painting depicting the scenery of Fontainebleau looks pretty good. I intend to keep it in my pocket as a souvenir of this trip to the Fontainebleau forest!”
What he is referring to is a hyper-realistic landscape painting that looks like a photograph and was painted by a French painter in the 1960s and 1970s!
The French painter is also relatively well-known. The price of his paintings on the market is generally about 50,000 to 60,000 euros, and the most expensive painting does not exceed 200,000 euros!
The reason why Ye Tian wanted to buy that landscape painting was not because he liked hyperrealism or the French painter, but because he planned to use the painting as a cover up to avoid arousing suspicion!