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VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)

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ID 1209446
Lot 29 | VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)
VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)
Van Gogh
Coin de jardin avec papillons
oil on canvas
19 ¾ x 24 ¼ in. (50.4 x 61.4 cm.)
Painted in May-July 1887




Provenance

Theo van Gogh, Paris.
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam (by descent from the above).
Vincent Willem van Gogh, Amsterdam (by descent from the above).
Galerie Eugène Druet, Paris.
Joseph Reinach, Paris.
Lily Reinach-Goujon, Paris (by descent from the above, circa 1921).
Wildenstein & Co. Inc., New York (acquired from the family of the above, 1987).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998.



Literature

Letter from V. van Gogh to T. van Gogh, circa 25 March 1888.
J.-B. de la Faille, L’œuvre de Vincent van Gogh: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1928, vol. I, no. 460 (illustrated, vol. II; dated August 1888).
W. Scherjon and J. de Gruyter, Vincent van Gogh’s Great Period: Arles, St. Rémy and Auvers-sur-Oise, Complete Catalogue, Amsterdam, 1937, p. 194, no. 186 (illustrated).
J.-B. de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh, London, 1939, p. 486, no. 704 (illustrated; dated 1889).
J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings, New York, 1970, p. 208, no. F 460 (illustrated; dated spring 1889).
J. Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1980, p. 387, no. 1676 (illustrated; dated April 1889).
I.F. Walther and R. Metzger, Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings, Arles February 1888–Auvers-sur-Oise, July 1890, Cologne, 1993, vol. II, p. 498 (illustrated; dated April 1889 and titled Grass and Butterflies).
E. Hendricks and L. van Tilborgh, Nieuwe visies op Van Goghs ontwikkeling in Antwerpen en Parijs: Een geïntegreerde technische en kunsthistorische studie van zijn schilderijen in het Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2006, p. 35 (illustrated, fig. 5).
W. Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh: Die Gemälde 1886-1890, Händler, Sammler, Ausstellungen, Die Frühe Provenienzen, Wädenswil, 2009, p. 93 (illustrated in color).
L. Jansen, H. Luijten and N. Bakker, eds., Vincent van Gogh: The Letters, The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition, Arles, 1888-1889, London, 2009, vol. 4, letter 589, pp. 34 and 36, no. 11 (illustrated in color, p. 36).
E. Hendricks and L. van Tilborgh, Vincent van Gogh Paintings: Antwerp & Paris, 1885-1888, Amsterdam, 2011, vol. 2, pp. 47-49, no. 12 (illustrated in color, p. 47; titled Butterflies).
W. Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh: The Years in France, Complete Paintings, 1886-1890, Dealers, Collectors, Exhibitions, Provenance, London, 2013, pp. 282, 290 and 342, no. F 460 (illustrated in color, p. 95).



Exhibited

Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Vincent van Gogh, February-March 1960, p. 34, no. 55 (dated 1889 and titled Coin de Jardin).
The Art Institute of Chicago and Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South, September 2001-June 2002, pp. 275 and 408, no. 114 (illustrated in color, p. 274, no. 22; dated circa May 1889 and titled Butterflies and Flowers).
Brescia, Museo di Santa Giulia, Gauguin, Van Gogh: L'avventura del color nuovo, October-March 2006.
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum and New York, Neue Galerie, Van Gogh en het expressionisme, November 2006-July 2007.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters, January-April 2010, p. 100, no. 50 (illustrated in color, pp. 100-101).
Philadelphia Museum of Art and Ottowa, National Gallery of Canada, Van Gogh: Up Close, January-September 2012, p. 270, no. 30 (dated 1887-1889 and titled Grasses and Butterflies).
Denver Art Museum, Becoming Van Gogh, October 2012-January 2013, pp. 191 and 272, no. 53 (illustrated in color, p. 191; titled Grass and Butterflies).
Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art and Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh & Japan, August 2017-June 2018, p. 104, no. 146 (illustrated in color).
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