Van Gogh Landscape Sells for $29.43m to Deliver a 4% Annualized Return

Van Gogh Landscape Sells for $29.43m to Deliver a 4% Annualized Return

3 min read  ·  20 May 2026

La Moisson en Provence. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

La Moisson en Provence. Image courtesy of Sotheby's

Vincent van Gogh, La Moisson en Provence (1888), sold for $29.43m, more than the low estimate at Sotheby's in New York on May 19.

The sale beat the previous auction result for this work by $19.12m, equivalent to an annualized return of 4%. It last sold at auction in 2003 for $10.31m at Sotheby's.

Watercolor, gouache, charcoal, reed and quill pens and ink on paper laid down on board, 48.7 x 61.2cm. The work has been traded 14 times in the past.

Sale Date
Price
Price Increase
Venue
City
May 19, 2026
$29.43m
185 %
Sotheby's
New York
November 05, 2003
$10.31m
-23 %
Sotheby's
New York
June 24, 1997
$13.31m
-
Sotheby's
London

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