LONDON (AP) — A painting by Gustav Klimt that disappeared after its owner died in the Holocaust is up for sale in London next month.
Sotheby’s auction house values “Church in Cassone — Landscape with Cypresses” at 12 million to 18 million pounds ($19 million to $29 million).
The 1913 painting of Italy’s Lake Garda was put into storage in Vienna by owner Amalie Redlich after the Nazi invasion of Austria.
She was deported to Lodz in Poland in 1941 and never heard from again.
The painting reappeared in the 1960s and is being sold after a deal was struck between its current owner and Redlich’s 81-year-old grandson, Georges Jorisch. Sotheby’s said Wednesday the current owner wished to remain anonymous.
The painting is being offered at an Impressionist and modern art sale on Feb 3.
