Vincent Van Gogh - Vue de l'asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Rémy 1889
Vue de l'asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Rémy 1889
45x60cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 15.99 million
Auction house: Christie's, London
Sale date: 7 February 2012
Seller: Heirs of Elizabeth Taylor
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
This luminous picture was included, under titles referring to it as an autumn landscape, in several of the most important early exhibitions of Van Gogh's work, groundbreaking shows which were instrumental in the formation of his posthumous reputation.