GAUGUIN AND BONNARD FOUND ; THE PAINTINGS BELONG TO THE WORKER THAT BOUGHT THEM AT AUCTION

The legitimate ownership has been recognized to the worker, holder of the paintings for forty years, and therefore the two precious paintings have been redelivered in compliance with the disposition of the assistant Prosecutor Dr. Cascini, of the Public Prosecutor's office in the court of Rome, after being guarded for a few months by the Nucleus for the Protection of Artistic Heritage of the Roman Police that had introduced them to the world in the press conference of April the 2nd, presided by the Minister Franceschini.

Therefore, the notorious case of the paintings of the two great masters, is concluded in favour of the Sicilian metalworker, found after forty years following a fortunate intuition.

Investigations and verifications have allowed to reconstruct in detail the incredible story of the two paintings that have been found left on a train from France, but not recognized, and therefore auctioned in lost objects in the Turin station.

Therefore the regular and in good faith purchase from the FIAT worker, passionate of the art and the auctions, has been verified.

The two paintings, after the finding, have been internationally subject of great interest.

"La femme aux deux fauteuils" by Pierre Bonnard is a painting made in 1909 and represents an example of his notorious intimistic environments with a ricurrent subject in his works, his ladylove Martha, on this occasion seated on a wicker armchair in a garden.

As Henri Matisse had prophesied in 1948, Pierre Bonnard is nowadays considered one of the most celebrated and rediscovered artist both from the criticism and the market of the art.

"Fruits sur une table ou nature morte au petit chien, a la Comtesse de N." by Paul Gauguin, even if it appears to be as one of the least representative paintings of the artist  to the less experts, however it boasts a high-level pedigree since it has belonged to important collections such as; Bignou, Thompson Biddle, Adeanne, Marks-Kennedy, many exhibitions and, in at least two occations, it has reached record sale prices (35million of francs in 1957 and 45.000 pounds in 1961) so as to arouse, for the figures of purchase, not a little attention to the not only specialized press.

Two committees of experts nominated by the Office of the Superintendent export of Rome have established the free movement and the free export and sale of the two paintings, after a procedure of eighty days, started on the 11th of November 2014.

Today the Sicilian worker has the freedom to sell or lend freely the two paintings to museums around the world.

Sales negotiations are underway for a long time, after many collectors from around the world have made their bid.

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