Title: Vincent Artist: Tom Phillips Date of Work: 1988 Medium: print: screenprint Dimensions: h 810 x w 615 mm   Caption: Vincent Van Gogh sold very few works during his life but was picked up by the art market after his death and has been in high demand ever since -principally through auction sales. Phillips`s message is simple, humorous and a dig at the art market which was booming wildly at in the late 1980s. It also plays on the popular saying `Action speaks louder than words`   Object Number: 2021.8.1 Acknowledgements: Reading Foundation for Art collection, gift of Pat Jordan-Evans Copyright: Image: Reading Borough Council/ Intellectual: The artist   Back