Complex sentence: Chabas first exhibited "September Morn" in the Paris Salon of April 14 to June 30,1912; because he did not plan to sell it, he gave a price of 50,000 francs ($10,000)--more than he expected anybody to pay.
Split into simpler sentences: Chabas first exhibited "September Morn" in the Paris Salon of April 14 to June 30,1912. Because he did not plan to sell it, he gave a price of 50,000 francs ($10,000)--more than he expected anybody to pay.