Van Gogh oil painting, $54.01 million, Sotheby’s

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An oil on canvas painting by Vincent Van Gogh, titled Paysage Sous Un Ciel Mouvemente, painted in Arles, France in 1889, 23 3/4 inches by 29 inches, sold for $54.01 million at an Impressionist auction held in November by Sotheby’s in New York. Also, Joan Miro’s 14-inch-tall earthenware titled Maquette pour l’oiseau de la tour de la foundation Maeght (1968) realized $826,000; and Rene Magritte’s moonlit rendering titled Le Maitre d’ecole (1955) earned $6.746 million.