Peasant Woman Against a Background of Wheat explained

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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]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.vincent-gogh.com/peasant-woman-against-a-background-of-wheat.htm
  2. Web site: Hughes . Robert . Art Class . https://web.archive.org/web/20010214030251/http://www.time.com/time/asia/asia/magazine/1998/981102/las_vegas_bellagio1.html . dead . February 14, 2001 . TIME . 1998-11-02 . 2013-08-14.
  3. News: A Gauguin and a van Gogh Change Hands. Carol Vogel. The New York Times. 7 October 2005 . 2013-08-14.