Van Gogh, Kandinsky stars of the show at Dutch art fair

A rare early artwork by Vincent Van Gogh and a record-selling masterpiece by Wassily Kandinsky will be up for sale when one of the world's largest art fairs, the European Art Fair opens its doors in the southern Dutch city from March 9th to 14th.

Van Gogh's early work known as "Head of an Old Peasant Woman with a White Cap", painted around 1884 has been put up for sale by one of the largest and best known galleries in the United States, based in New Orleans. According to the President of the gallery, the asking price for the painting by Van Gogh which goes on sale on Thursday was 4.5 million euros.