Sixty-five previously unknown ink-drawings by Vincent Van Gogh have been discovered in France.
The Dutch artist is thought to have made the ink drawings in the accounts book of a hotel he was staying at in the southern French city of Arles.
At a Paris press conference on Tuesday, French publishers Le Seuil announced the discovery, but did not show the original drawings.
Instead, a book reproducing the drawings - titled Vincent Van Gogh, the fog of Arles: The rediscovered sketchbook - will be published simultaneous Thursday in France, the US, Japan, Britain, Germany and the Netherlands.
Van Gogh created seven out of the 30 most expensive paintings ever sold.
These forgotten works were created at the end of his life between 1888 and 1890.
They include portraits of his friends the artist Paul Gauguin and Pierre and Marie Ginoux, who owned the famous Cafe de la Gare where he stayed.
Marie Ginoux was immortalised by the painter in one of his most famous works L'Arlesienne.
Le Seuil described the sketches as "a very impressive ensemble" and insisted that "their authenticity is well established".
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