AMSTERDAM: A letter written jointly by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, in which they talk of their brothel visits and share their mutual admiration, sold for 210,600 euros ($236,000) at an auction in Paris. The letter, which mentions how they wanted to revive modern art and set up an “association of painters,” was signed by both painters. It is addressed from Arles to their painter friend Emile Bernard and dated “November 1/2, 1888,” less than two years before Van Gogh died at the age of 37.

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