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Missing about 90 years ago, the Hungarian avant-garde painting of Robert Beren accidentally discovered in the 1999 film “Stuart Little” – behind the actor Hugh Laurie.

Hungarian art Gergely Barki noticed a picture disappeared in 2009, when I watched the film with his daughter. Despite the fact that earlier Barki only saw a faded black-and-white photo from the exhibition,

among cinematic props in several frames, he immediately recognized the “sleeping woman with a black vase”, whose fate remained unknown since 1928.

«I could not believe my eyes when I saw the lost masterpiece Beren behind Hugh Laurie. Nearly dropped to his knees Lola. Researcher never stops working, even if looking Christmas movie at home, “- says art.

For a long time it was not known exactly how the Hungarian avant-garde painting got into film. Barca sent a letter to all, starting with the staff who worked in the film, and ending movie companies Sony Pictures and Columbia Pictures. Art critic received a response only after two years from the former art director of the picture, according to The Guardian.

«She bought it in an antique shop in California for next to nothing, thinking that such vanguard ideal for living Styuara Little “- says Barkey.

After filming the painting was sold to a private collection, and only now it was put up for auction in the homeland of the artist in Budapest.

«After the wars, revolutions and bustle of the XX century many Hungarian masterpieces lost and scattered around the world,” – said Gergely Barki art.

«Stuart Little” – Christmas comedy by Rob Minkoff (“The Lion King “,” The Forbidden Kingdom “) in 1999 about the adventures of a white mouse in a suit, who befriends a young boy. The role of the parents sang Hugh Laurie (“Jeeves and Wooster”, “House”) and Geena Davis (“The Fly,” “The Long Kiss Goodnight»).

Robert Beren was the leader of the Hungarian avant-garde “Group of Eight “, which included the best representatives of cubism and expressionism in this country. Artist fled to Berlin in 1920 after the creation of a set of posters for the Hungarian communist revolution in 1919. It tells Barca in Berlin at Beren had an affair with actress Marlene Dietrich and is rumored to be even with the missing daughter of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, Anastasia.

The auction will be held in Budapest on December 13th. Starting price “Sleeping woman with a black vase” is € 110 thousand.