NEW YORK (The Thursday Times) — German Yahudi publisher Samuel Fischer ke wurasa ne Sotheby's mein Vincent van Gogh ki aik painting ki mujawwaza farokht ko challenge kar diya hai, jis ki maliyat ka takhmina 18 crore dollar hai. Un ka kehna hai ke yeh painting shayad Naziyon ke iqtidar mein aane ke dauran dabao mein farokht ki gayi thi.
Châtaigniers en fleurs (Chestnut Trees in Blossom) Wednesday ko New York mein neelam honi hai. Sotheby's ne Saturday ko kaha ke us ki tehqeeq se jabri farokht sabit nahin hui, taham woh khandan se baat cheet kar raha hai aur tanaza hal karna chahta hai.
Neelam ghar ne aik bayan mein kaha: “Sotheby's milkiyat ki tareekh aur wapsi ke muamlaat ko intehai sanjeedgi se leta hai aur us ne Châtaigniers en fleurs ki milkiyat ki tareekh par wasee tehqeeq ki hai.”
“Agarche ab tak ki hamari tehqeeq se yeh sabit nahin hua ke painting dabao mein farokht ki gayi, hum khandan ke saath soch samajh kar aur tameeri andaaz mein raabte ki ahmiyat samajhte hain aur donon fareeqon ke liye qabil-e-qubool hal ki janib kaam karne ke liye pur-azm hain.”
Amsterdam mein aik sauda
Sotheby's ki shaya karda milkiyat ki tareekh ke mutabiq Fischer ne yeh painting 1909 mein khareedi thi aur 1934 mein un ki wafat ke baad yeh un ke khandan ke paas rahi. 1932 ya 1933 mein ise Amsterdam mein art dealer Paul Cassirer ke paas rakhwaya gaya aur 1936 mein yeh Paris mein Henriette aur Marcel Kapferer ke paas chali gayi. Us ke baad se yeh chaar deegar maalikaan ke paas reh chuki hai.
Fischer ke wurasa ke aik wakeel ne Sotheby's ko khat likh kar mauqif ikhtiyar kiya hai ke khandan ne yeh painting doosri aalmi jang se pehle Amsterdam mein is liye farokht ki ke Naziyon ke daur mein us ke isha'ati idare ko nuqsan uthana para tha.
Record ki umeed
Van Gogh ne yeh painting May 1890 mein Auvers-sur-Oise mein banayi, yaani 37 baras ki umar mein apni wafat se taqreeban do maah pehle. Is mein shah baloot ka phoolon se lada darakht dikhaya gaya hai, jabke aik tanha shakhs Japani libas mein malboos teen khawateen ke paas se guzar raha hai.
October mein jab Sotheby's ne ise Hong Kong mein numaish ke liye pesh kiya to yeh painting 60 baras se zyada arse se awam ke saamne nahin aayi thi, aur ise dekhne ke liye saikron afraad qataar mein lage. Neelam ghar keh chuka hai ke yeh musawwir ki neelami ka naya record qaim kar sakti hai.
Yeh Argentina ke marhoom nawadraat ke shauqeen Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier aur Carlos Pedro Blaquier ke majmooe ke 12 fan paaron mein sab se numayan hai. Is majmooe mein Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, aur Paul Cézanne ki paintings bhi shamil hain, aur is se taqreeban 45 crore dollar hasil hone ki tawaqqo hai.
