Unpublished Van Gogh drawings to be unveiled

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An Italian policeman stands next to one of two recently recovered stolen paintings by late Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh entitled “The Beach At Scheveningen During A Storm” in Naples on September 30, 2016. Two Van Gogh masterpieces stolen in Amsterdam 14 years ago have been recovered from the home of a notorious Italian drug boss near Naples, Italian and museum officials announced on September 30, 2016. The 1882 “Seascape at Scheveningen” and 1884/85 “Congregation leaving the Reformed Church at Nuenen” were “recovered during a massive, continuing investigation… conducted by a specialised Italian prosecutions team investigating organised crime,” the Van Gogh Museum said in a statement. AFP

An Italian Border policeman (Guardia di Finanza) stands next to one of two recently recovered stolen paintings by late Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh entitled "The Beach At Scheveningen During A Storm" (R) in Naples on September 30, 2016. Two Van Gogh masterpieces stolen in Amsterdam 14 years ago have been recoved from the home of a notorious Italian drug boss near Naples, Italian and museum officials announced on September 30, 2016. The 1882 "Seascape at Scheveningen" and 1884/85 "Congregation leaving the Reformed Church at Nuenen" were "recovered during a massive, continuing investigation... conducted by a specialised Italian prosecutions team investigating organised crime," the Van Gogh Museum said in a statement. / AFP PHOTO / MARIO LAPORTA — An Italian policeman stands next to one of two recently recovered stolen paintings by late Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh entitled “The Beach At Scheveningen During A Storm” in Naples on September 30, 2016. Two Van Gogh masterpieces stolen in Amsterdam 14 years ago have been recovered from the home of a notorious Italian drug boss near Naples, Italian and museum officials announced on September 30, 2016. The 1882 “Seascape at Scheveningen” and 1884/85 “Congregation leaving the Reformed Church at Nuenen” were “recovered during a massive, continuing investigation… conducted by a specialised Italian prosecutions team investigating organised crime,” the Van Gogh Museum said in a statement. AFP

Paris, France — An unpublished sketchbook of Vincent Van Gogh’s will be presented in Paris on Tuesday, ahead of the release in several countries of a new book displaying the works.

The sketchbook is owned by a private collector and hardly any details have emerged of what is depicted on its pages.

The new 288-page book reproducing the drawings — entitled “Vincent Van Gogh, the fog of Arles: the rediscovered sketchbook” will be published Thursday in France, the US, Japan, Britain, Germany and the Netherlands.

“This book has only been seen by its owners, myself and the publisher,” the book’s editor Bernard Comment told AFP in an interview earlier this year, describing its content as “stunning, dazzling”.

It contains more than ten drawings, according to French publisher Le Seuil, adding that they form “a very impressive ensemble” and that “their authenticity is well established”.

Van Gogh lived in the scenic southern French town of Arles towards the end of his short life. It was there, in 1888, that he famously cut off part of his ear after an argument with fellow artist Paul Gauguin.

Van Gogh committed suicide in France, aged 37, in 1890. CBB/rga