Ready for Christie's

Patricia Jacomella-Bonola | Ready for Christie's

Installation view

Fridericianum's Garden
Kassel

Artificial sunflowers, black acrylic paint, tab

Some of Vincent van Gogh's most famous works are his Sunflower series. Sunflowers had a special significance for van Gogh. Yellow was van Gogh's favorite color. Yellow, for him, was an emblem of happiness, in Dutch literature, the sunflower was a symbol of devotion and loyalty.
On March 31, 1987 Japanese insurance magnate Yasuo Goto paid about US$ 40 million for van gogh's Still Life: Vase with Fifteen Sunflowers at auction at Christie's London, at the time a record-setting amount for a work of art.
2012

TAGs: Garten Installation, Objektbruppe