Christie’s New York to Auction Van Gogh
Published February 2nd, 2006
A major portrait by Vincent van Gogh will be sold in May, Christie’s auction house announced Wednesday.
Although the presale estimate for “L’Arlesienne, Madame Ginoux” is $40 million, Guy Bennett, head of impressionist and modern art for Christie’s New York, said the work is “very similar in composition and application” to van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet,” which Christie’s sold in 1990 for $82.5 million.
The portrait that will be auctioned on May 2 as part of Christie’s sale of impressionist and modern art was bought in 1929 by Harry Bakwin, a wealthy American pediatrician, and is being sold by his family.
The painting will be exhibited at Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries from April 28 to May 2.
