Paul Gauguin - Vaches au bord de la mer 1886
Vaches au bord de la mer 1886
74x111cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 2.02 million
Auction house: Christie's, New York
Sale date: 3 November 2004
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
The present picture is one of the largest and most complex paintings that Gauguin made during his first trip to Brittany in the summer of 1886, a watershed moment in his career.