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

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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

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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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Viking
Language
English
Pages
406

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Subjects
Portraits, Criticism and interpretation, Kunsthandel, Portret van Dr. Gachet (Van Gogh), Gogh, vincent van, 1853-1890, Art dealers
People
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Paul Ferdinand Gachet (1828-1909)

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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
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Cover of: Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Portrait of Dr. Gachet: the story of a van Gogh masterpiece : modernism, money, politics, collectors, dealers, taste, greed, and loss
1998, Viking
in English
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York
Other Titles
Portrait of Doctor Gachet, Story of a van Gogh masterpiece

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
759.9492
Library of Congress
ND1329.G568 A64 1998, ND1329.G568A64 1998

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 406 p. :
Number of pages
406

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OL689929M
Internet Archive
portraitofdrgach00salt
ISBN 10
0670862231
LCCN
97037006
OCLC/WorldCat
37567283
Library Thing
329385
Goodreads
1380296

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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.
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