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Apr 29, 2022 · 10. Sunflowers, $40m, 1987. Van Gogh’s Sunflowers (January 1889), sold for £24m ($40m) at Christie’s, London, 30 March 1987. Just scraping into the top ten, Sunflowers sold in 1987, when the ...
Sep 22, 2024 · Van Gogh's Irises – Everything You Need to Know Irises is one of Vincent van Gogh’s most iconic works, painted in 1889 during his stay at the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. This vibrant painting showcases Van Gogh’s unique use of color, dynamic brushstrokes, and emotional depth. Inspired by the flowers in the asylum’s garden, Irises captures both the beauty of ...
Upon receiving the canvas Van Gogh’s brother, Theo, submitted it, along with The Starry Night, to the Salon des Independants in September of 1889. Irises is on the list of the most expensive paintings ever sold, selling for 54 million dollars in 1987. Currently Irises is on display at The Getty Center in Los Angeles, California.
Nov 12, 1987 · A 10 percent auction house commission brought the value of the sale to $53.9 million. The record that was shattered was set only last March when one of Van Gogh's five paintings of sunflowers in a ...
Van Gogh paintings and drawings rarely come to auction, and when they do, achieve historic prices. Memorably, a Sunflowers still life sold for £23 million at Christie’s London in 1987, three times more than any artwork had fetched at auction previously. In 1990, Portrait of Dr Paul Gachet also set a world record price at Christie’s New ...
Les Cahiers de Van Gogh 1 ([1957]), p. 15 [excerpted and trans. in Stein 1986, p. 216], mentions that after Van Gogh's death "Les Iris" [this canvas and/or F678] were left in his room at the inn owned by the Ravoux family. Vincent van Gogh. The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh with Reproductions of All the Drawings in the Correspondence ...
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No, thank you. Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, May 1890. Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) Van Gogh painted this still life in the psychiatric hospital in Saint-Rémy. For him, the painting was mainly a study in colour. He set out to achieve a powerful colour contrast.
