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Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat | |
Artist: | Vincent van Gogh |
Year: | 1890 |
Medium: | oil on canvas |
Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat is an 1890 oil on canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh went on to paint several versions of this painting.[1]
The painting has changed hands several times.In 1997, Stephen Wynn paid $47.5 million for the painting.[2]
On October 7, 2005, it was announced that Stephen Wynn had sold the painting along with Gauguin's Bathers to Steven A. Cohen for more than $100 million.[3]