But the scrubby expanse in the back garden of 48 Rue Daubigny, in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, happens to be the subject of Tree Roots (1890), which is likely the last painting by one of art history ...

A tangled clump of tree roots that inspired Vincent van Gogh’s final painting are at the centre of a heated legal battle ...

The continued fight over Van Gogh’s tree roots has cast a pall over what is usually a celebratory season in Auvers, population 7,000, where art tourism is a big business that heats up in the spring.