L’homme est en mer

Painted in the asylum in October 1889, L’homme est en mer represents a vibrant yet deeply disturbing depiction of a young mother worried about her husband who is away at sea.

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Like many other van Gogh paintings from that period, this portrait is marked with a bright, shimmering palette and striking color contrast. Warm yellow tones of the fire and the floor are set in juxtaposition with cold blue shades of the main subject’s dress and the wall behind her.

This van Gogh painting that evokes contemplative and almost dreamy sensation was sold to a private collector at Sotheby’s Evening Sale in 2015 for $24,462,000 (without buyer’s premium).

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