Posted on 05/03/2006 11:52:04 AM PDT by Republicanprofessor
A painting by Vincent Van Gogh has sold at auction in New York for more than $40m (£22m). L'Arlesienne, Madame Ginoux commanded the fourth highest price on record for a work by the renowned Dutch artist.
The 1890 painting was one in a series of five created in homage to Van Gogh's friend, the artist Paul Gaugin.
Madame Marie Ginoux owned a cafe in Arles, France where both artists lived briefly. It was during this period that Van Gogh cut off his own ear.
The painting was created while the artist recovered at an asylum in Provence, France.
Artistic homage
Writing to Gauguin in 1890, Van Gogh said of his work: "It gives me enormous pleasure when you say the Arlesienne's portrait, which was based strictly on your drawing, is to your liking.
"I tried to be respectfully faithful to your drawing, while nevertheless taking the liberty of interpreting, through the medium of colour, the sober character and the style of the drawing in question.
"It is a synthesis of the Arlesiennes, if you like; as syntheses of the Arlesiennes are rare, take this as a work belonging to you and me as a summary of our months of work together."
Dora Maar With Cat is one of the last portraits painted by Picasso Other works which went under the hammer at the Christie's sale in New York included Picasso's portrait of his ballerina wife Olga Khokhlova, entitled Le Repos.
The painting fetched $34.7m (£19.3m), well in excess of its reserve price of up to $20m (£11.1m).
Created in 1932, it sheds light on Picasso's tempestuous relationship with Khokhlova.
Another Picasso portrait, this time depicting his lover Dora Maar, is to be auctioned in New York on Wednesday.
The 1941 artwork Dora Maar With Cat is expected to fetch $50m (£27.1m) when it is sold at Sotheby's auction house.
If it reaches its expected sale price, it will become one of the 10 most expensive paintings ever sold.
Sotheby's representative David Norman said it was Dora's "sculptural presence" and the "gorgeous palate of colours" that made it worth so much.
"Besides just being Dora - who was one of his most famed lovers and subjects of his work - it's really just the presence and the execution of the picture that makes it so valuable."
I understand that could be a reason for one buying it, but that does not negate the fact that this painting is, as are very many works of 'art', worthy of only being sold at the local flea market.
Leni,
May your prayers always be answered.
In response to your post #32.
Post #4 is the auctioned L'Arlesienne.
Post #5 is another famous work by the same title.
Post #21 is the Gauguin drawing from which van Gogh worked for post #4.
Forgive me if others have already answered your question. I'm back at the computer after a commute home and I'm catching up. :)
But I would not stake my life on that info. Anyone know better than me?
And, yes, many of the images here do look ahead to Guernica, below. It is a sin to reproduce such a huge painting as a postage stamp. But such is life. One can always search easily for a larger image if necessary.
But the cool thing about di Suvero is that you would have a swing or something neat underneath, such as the piece below at the Minneapolis Walker Art Center's sculpture garden.
Oops, when I was looking up a swing by him, I saw your orange piece several times. I guess it is by him; but the forms are more symmetrical and repetitive than in his other pieces.
Yes, I think our orange montrosity beats your rusty monstrosity...and that ain't sayin' much :)
Lurch-butt ugly,...
Lol.
Most in this forum think this is crap. I think it's beyond description. Flame away.... |
Now I know his name and I can Google him to see his other works of art.
I think it's the times . . .
In our world, we get to see
comic book heros
drawn by different guys
(like Miller and Ross). Back then,
it was the Bible.
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