L'Arlésienne (painting)
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L'Arlésienne, L'Arlésienne (Madame Ginoux), or Portrait of Madame Ginoux are titles given to six paintings by Vincent van Gogh. They were painted in November 1888 and February 1890.
The November 1888 paintings
These oil on canvas works are portraits of Madame Ginoux, the proprietor of the Café de la Gare where Van Gogh had stayed while he was furnishing the Yellow House in Arles. At the beginning of November 1888 Madame Ginoux agreed to sit for a protrait session for van Gogh, and his friend Paul Gauguin who was also staying in the Yellow House at this time. Gauguin produced a charcoal sketch, and van Gogh, in something less than an hour, produced a full-scale painting.
Later in the month Van Gogh painted a second version, replacing the gloves and umbrella with some books.
The first is in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, and the second in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
The February 1890 paintings
Van Gogh, while in the asylum at Saint Rémy painted another four portrait of Madame Ginoux, based on Gauguin's charcaol sketch.
On 2 May, 2006 the painting with the floral background sold at auction at Christie's Galleries at Rockefeller Center, New York, for more than $40 million (USD).
Gauguin's versions
Gauguin produced a charcoal sketch at the original sitting of Madame Ginoux in November 1888, and later produced a canvas.
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