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Man With a Pipe: A Painter's Etching by Van Gogh

Result EUR198,400
Published on , by Anne Doridou-Heim
Auction on 25 November 2022 - 14:00 (CET) - 3, rue Favart - 75002 Paris

The meeting between the painter and Dr. Gachet was brief but crucial to the history of art, as this etching attests. 

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Man with a Pipe (Portrait of Dr. Gachet), 1890, etching... Man With a Pipe: A Painter's Etching by Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890), Man with a Pipe (Portrait of Dr. Gachet), 1890, etching and drypoint, black print on watermarked ivory laid paper, 14.8 x 18 cm/5.8 x 7.1 in.
Result: €198,400

Dr. Gachet (1828-1906) introduced Van Gogh to the technique of etching and copper-plate engraving. This same portrait of Man with a Pipe , but printed in sanguine, was…
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Though the model is not as famous as the creator of this print, he is hardly unknown, as he is none other than Dr Gachet: a friend of Van Gogh who taught him how to etch.

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