Van Gogh painting raises almost €60m at auction

vincent van gogh L'allee des alyscampsA painting dating from the period Vincent van Gogh worked with Paul Gauguin has been sold at auction in New York for $66.3m, or almost €60m.

L’Allée des Alyscamps was painted in Arles in 1888 during what Sotheby’s experts said is ‘the most fertile period’ in Van Gogh’s career.

The painting was sold to a private Asian collector. Van Gogh made two versions of this work. The other was sold for over €10.5m in 2003.

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