Vincent van Gogh - Une liseuse de romans 1888
Une liseuse de romans 1888
73x92cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 4.29 million
Auction house: Christie's, London
Sale date: 21 June 2005,
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
'I have also painted 'Une Liseuse de Romans,' the luxuriant hair very black, a green bodice, the sleeves the color of wine leafs, the skirt black, the background all yellow, bookshelves with books. She is holding a yellow book in her hands' (Van Gogh, The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh, Vol. III, London, 1958, no. W 9, p. 448).