Paul Gauguin - Le toit bleu or Ferme au Pouldu 1890
Le toit bleu or Ferme au Pouldu 1890
71x90cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 5.28 million
Auction house: Christie's, New York
Sale date: 8 May 2000
Seller: Private Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
It was in the Breton community of Pont-Aven that Gauguin first found a context for his artistic production that stood literally and philosophically apart from Parisian ideals.