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Vincent van Gogh.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet.
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June 1890.
Oil on canvas, 67 x 56 cm.
Collection Ryoei Saito, Tokyo, Japan.
One of the most expensive painting of all time.
Price tag: $82,500,000
Auction: Christie's, New York, May 15th, 1990
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The portraits were painted in Auvers-sur-Oise close to Paris, and depict Doctor Gachet with a foxglove plant.
Gachet took care of van Gogh during his last months. Gachet was also a hobby painter and became good friends with van Gogh.
The foxglove in the painting is a plant from which digitalis is extracted for the treatment of certain heart complaints; the
foxglove is thereby an attribute of Gachet.
The painting became famous on May 15, 1990, when Japanese businessman Ryoei Saito paid $82.5 million for it at auction in Christie's,
New York; this made it the most expensive painting at the time (it has since been surpassed by Picasso's
"Garçon à la pipe" in 2004).
Ryoei Saito, who died in 1996, had caused a scandal when he threatened to have the van Gogh painting cremated with him after his death.
Later Saito said he would consider giving the paintings to his government or a museum.
The whereabouts of this art are currently unknown.
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