VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853–1890) - Lot 293

VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853–1890) Réunion des Musées Nationaux, exhibition held at the Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, from December 21, 1971, to April 10, 1972. An important official catalog published on the occasion of the major Paris exhibition dedicated to Vincent van Gogh, bringing together a remarkable collection of works on loan directly from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The volume reproduces the painter’s major masterpieces in color and black-and-white, accompanied by detailed descriptions, references to catalogs raisonné, and biographical information. This publication documents one of the major events in the rediscovery of Van Gogh by the French public in the early 1970s. The reproductions, of particularly high quality for the time, allow readers to appreciate the painter’s stylistic evolution from his Dutch years through his works in Arles, Saint-Rémy, and Auvers-sur-Oise. This copy is enhanced by a loose leaf bearing the handwritten inscription “Vincent van Gogh.” Quarto, paperback. Publisher: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1971. Illustrations: numerous color and black-and-white reproductions. Provenance: exhibition at the Orangerie des Tuileries.