VINCENT VAN GOGH arrived in Auvers-sur-Oise on May 20, 1890, hoping to find subjects for his pictures and a resolution to the physical and psychological problems that plagued him.
An edition of Portrait of Dr. Gachet
(1998)
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
the story of a van Gogh masterpiece : modernism, money, politics, collectors, dealers, taste, greed, and loss
by Cynthia Saltzman
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Portrait of Dr. Gachet was one of van Gogh's last paintings, completed just weeks before his suicide. Depicting the eccentric physician who was attempting to treat the artist, this painting was viewed by van Gogh as a summation of his ideas about portraiture. Cynthia Saltzman's book reconstructs the journey of this revolutionary and haunting painting, in which, as van Gogh wrote, he strove to capture the "heartbroken expression of our time.".
As Saltzman superbly shows, this painting not only evokes the ethos of modern life but also illuminates the ways in which art, politics, and the market have intersected in the twentieth century. Affected by broad social and cultural change, the painting's fate was also influenced by innovations in the way art was sold and displayed, and by the growing role of dealers and museums.
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Portrait of Dr. Gachet: The Story of a Van Gogh Masterpiece, Money, Politics, Collectors, Greed, and Loss
April 1, 1999, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
0140254870 9780140254877
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Portrait of Dr. Gachet: the story of a van Gogh masterpiece : modernism, money, politics, collectors, dealers, taste, greed, and loss
1998, Viking
in English
0670862231 9780670862238
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