Live Auction

LW: Asian Art, Jewelry & Estate Collections

Mon, Mar 30, 2026 06:00PM EDT
Lot 53

VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890), ATTRIBUTED TO, OIL ON CANVAS

Estimate: $150,000 - $160,000

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Executed with vigorous, directional brushwork, this composition centres on a slender, leafing tree whose branching silhouette rises sharply against a sky alive with whorled, rhythmic strokes. The upper register is dominated by saturated blues, worked in concentric, wind-swept patterns that coil around luminous celestial discs-sun or moon forms rendered as radiating halos of pale yellow and cream, their light seemingly vibrating through the surrounding atmosphere. Below, a broad expanse of ground is animated by short, broken marks in ochres, greens, and icy whites, suggesting a field caught between seasons. The foreground is particularly energized: strokes fan outward from the tree's base in a prismatic sweep of reds, golds, and russets, creating the sensation of heat, movement, and pulsing earth. To the left, a rustic fence recedes diagonally, its repeated verticals guiding the eye into depth and anchoring the otherwise turbulent surface. The overall effect is one of heightened nature-landscape translated into sensation-where sky, light, and vegetation are fused into a single, swirling orchestration of colour and mark.

Dimensions: Canvas: 73.3 x 50.4 cm. All measurements are approximate.