Cezanne to Van Gogh : the Collection of Doctor Gachet / Anne Distel and Susan Alyson Stein [Hardcover]

Anne. Stein, Susan Alyson Distel (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Museum Of Art; 1St Edition edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810965380
• ISBN-13: 978-0810965386
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,964,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent exploration of a man and his collection, May 5, 2000

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This review is from: Cezanne to Van Gogh : the Collection of Doctor Gachet / Anne Distel and Susan Alyson Stein (Hardcover)

This exhibit took place in New York, Paris and Amsterdam and focuses on Dr. Paul Gachet, Van Gogh's doctor in Auvers-sur-Oise during the last two months of his life.

Always a controversial figure (partly due to his arguable incompetence, partly due to the questionable authenticity of some of the works in his possession), this book is a wonderful exploration of the man and his collection. The authors, both frequent and well respected contributors to Van Gogh scholarship, explore Gachet and his collection (now owned by the Musée d'Orsay in Paris) to an incredible level of detail. The amount of research behind this book is staggering and it makes for an extremely compelling and satisfying reading experience.