Van Gogh Buys Manet
At first it might seem strange that the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam would buy a seascape by Manet, but stranger still is that there are only two other Manets in Dutch museums. This week the museum announced the purchase of Manet's Pier at Boulogne, 1869. The museum bought the painting from an unidentified French collection for nearly $7 million in public and private money. Giraud Pissarro Ségalot, dealers with offices in New York and Paris, acted as agents for the seller.