Sunflowers

Interesting, if I burned Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" - would I only be liable to replace it with a quality print.

The World They've Always Wanted 2008

The Sunflowers is the story of Rachel, the prostitute in Arles famous to history as the girl to whom Vincent gave a rather grisly gift the evening of 23 December 1888.

Archive 2008-06-01 Julianne Douglas 2008

The Sunflowers is the story of Rachel, the prostitute in Arles famous to history as the girl to whom Vincent gave a rather grisly gift the evening of 23 December 1888.

A Very Novel Announcement Julianne Douglas 2008

Villa at Hotel Zhejiang Xizi for conference guests; Zhejiang Art Museum exhibit "Sunflowers" in brass by museum director, Xu Jiang.

Evelyn Leopold: Surfing the Surface in China - A week in Hangzhou Evelyn Leopold 2010

Villa at Hotel Zhejiang Xizi for conference guests; Zhejiang Art Museum exhibit "Sunflowers" in brass by museum director, Xu Jiang.

Evelyn Leopold: Surfing the Surface in China - A week in Hangzhou Evelyn Leopold 2010

Villa at Hotel Zhejiang Xizi for conference guests; Zhejiang Art Museum exhibit "Sunflowers" in brass by museum director, Xu Jiang.

Evelyn Leopold: Surfing the Surface in China - A week in Hangzhou Evelyn Leopold 2010

So my idea would be a cover based around the National Gallery London's version of "Sunflowers" yellow-on-yellow, a close up detail of some of the stems/petals that look all tentacle-y and dynamic.

Dream Covers Julianne Douglas 2008

In the spare, masterly triptych "Sunflowers" (1990-91), three abstract entanglements, in bruised, feathery reds, yellows and blues, flutter within their respective white rectangles like caged birds.

Gallery Gazing in New York 2008

The yellow would be eye-catching, to say the least, and "Sunflowers" is iconic enough that everybody knows it's VIncent's from say, a few shelves away.

Dream Covers Julianne Douglas 2008

The same holds true for van Gogh's "Sunflowers" (1889), set alongside Schiele's "Autumn Sun" (1914).

Shaped by Sunflowers 2007