1.
GV BOND STREET, LONDON, PAN TO MAN ENTERING SOTHERBY'S WITH PAINTING
0.09

2.
CU A PICTURE BEING HUNG
0.14

3.
MV SOME OF THE PICTURES ON WALL
0.16

4.
SCU ZOOM..TO CU.."NUDE" BY RENOIR
0.21

5.
CU HEAD OF ABOVE
0.24

6.
SCU "SNOW AT LOUVECIENNES" BY PISSARRO' TILT TO "PORTRAIT OF SOMERSET MAUGHAM" BY MAIE LAURENCIN BELOW
0.31

7.
CU LAURENCIN SIGNATURE ON ABOVE, PAN TO CU OF HEAD
0.36

8.
CU ANGLE V.."ROOFTOPS" AN ABSTRACT BY LEGER
0.43

9.
CU ZOOM.."THREE GIRLS IN A PARK" BY RENOIR
0.47

10.
CU DETAIL HEADS OF ABOVE
0.54

11.
CU ZOOM BACK.."WOMAN WITH PARASOL" BY MATISSE
0.58

12.
CU "WOMAN IN ARMCHAIR" BY MATISSE, "CRUCIFICATION" BY ROUAULT
1.05

13.
CU HEAD OF "CRUCIFICATION"
1.10

14.
CU "BOATS AT ARGENTEUIL" BY RENOIR, TILT DOWN TO "THE STONE POLISHER" BY TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
1.19

15.
CU HEAD OF "THE STONE POLISHER"
1.22

16.
SV OTHER PICTURES
1.26

17.
MV TILT DOWN.."LA GREOUE" BY PICASSO
1.31

18.
CU SIGNATURE "PICASSO"
1.34

19.
HEAD DETAIL OF "LA GREOUE"
1.37

20.
CU STREET AT CONQUET BY STRILLO
1.42

21.
NV MAN LOOKS AT PICTURES
1.46



Initials DR/V/JF/ES DR/V/JF/ES



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Background: AS THE NUMBER OF DARING THEFTS OF ART TREASURES INCREASES ALONG THE FRENCH RIVIERA, AUTHOR W.SOMERSET MAUGHAM, WHO HAS A VILLA AT CAP.FERRAT, HAS DECIDED ADEQUATE SECURITY PRECAUTIONS WERE IMPOSSIBLE, AND IS TO SELL HIS COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF IMPRESSIONIST AND POST-IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS AT SOTHEBY'S IN LONDON, ON APRIL 10.

THE PAINTINGS, NOW UNDER HEAVY GUARD AT THE AUCTION ROOMS, ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THE SECOND HIGHEST TOTAL EVER FROM A COLLECTION OF IMPRESSIONIST AND MODERN PAINTINGS.THE RECORD IS GBP781,000 FOR SEVEN PICTURES OF THE GOLDSCHMIDT COLLECTION SOLD BY SOTHEBY'S IN 1958.

AMONGST THE COLLECTION, WHICH TOOK SOMERSET MAUGHAM MOST OF HIS LIFE TO ACCUMULATE, ARE A PICTURE WHICH GAUGUIN PAINTED ON A DOOR IN TAHITI, TWO PAINTINGS BY PICASSO, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF A PIECE OF CARDBOARD, THREE RENOIRS, TWO MATISSES, TWO PISSARROS, A MONET, AND A ROUALT.

IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP THE PAINTINGS HIMSELF, SOMERSET MAUGHAM TURNED ONE OF THE ROOMS IN HIS VILLA INTO A STRONG ROOM, BUT FOUND THE TASK OF REINFORCING THE SKYLIGHTS WHENEVER HE WENT AWAY TOO IRKSOME.NOW ART COLLECTORS AND DEALERS ARE TO SOME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO BID FOR THE 35 WORKS.