Vincent van Gogh: Vue de Montmajour / The Plain of La Crau
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Artist |
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) |
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Alternative names |
Vincent Willem van Gogh |
Description |
Dutch painter, draftsperson and printmaker |
Date of birth/death |
30 March 1853  |
29 July 1890  |
Location of birth/death |
Zundert  |
Auvers-sur-Oise |
Work period |
between circa 1880 and circa July 1890 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1890-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902 |
Work location |
Netherlands ( Etten, The Hague, Nuenen, …, before 1886 date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Paris (1886–1887), Arles (1888–1889), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (1889–1890), Auvers-sur-Oise (1890) |
Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q5582 |
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Title |
Vue de Montmajour / The Plain of La Crau label QS:Len,"Vue de Montmajour / The Plain of La Crau" |
Object type |
drawing  |
Date |
May 1888 date QS:P571,+1888-05-00T00:00:00Z/10 |
Medium |
reed pen, India ink and pencil on paper |
Dimensions |
height: 30.7 cm (12 in); width: 47.4 cm (18.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,30.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,47.4U174728 |
Place of creation |
Arles |
Object history |
Theo van Gogh, Paris (the seven drawings of the first Montmajour series were mailed to Theo by the artist on 26 May 1888). Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam, by descent from the above. Paul Cassirer, Berlin, by whom acquired from the above in November 1907. Alfred Walter von Heymel, Munich, by 1914. August Heye, Bremen. Fritz Nathan, Zurich; sale, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, 24 November 1955, lot 11. J.B. Neumann, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale. Richard Feigen Gallery, New York. Harold Hecht – Gloria Hecht Desser, United States, by whom acquired from the above circa 1955. Duffy Hecht, by descent from the above, 1985. Acquired by the last owner in 2013. |
Exhibition history |
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum 'De Lakenhat', April 1893, no. 142. Groningen, Groningsch Museum, March - April 1897, no. 142. Berlin, Paul Cassirers Kunst-Verlag, Katalog der Vierzehneten Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Zeichnende Künste, December 1907, no. 122. Munich, Moderne Kunsthandlung, 1908, no. 88. Dresden, Emil Richter Gallery, Vincent van Gogh: Paul Cezanne, April - May 1908, no. 92. Berlin, Paul Cassirer Gallery, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, May - June 1914, no. 102. Otterlo, Rijksmuseum, Vincent van Gogh: drawings, paintings, March - July 1990, pp. 221-222, 227; this exhibition later travelled to Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum. |
Inscriptions |
Signature bottom left:
Vincent
bottom right:
Vue prise a Montmajour
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Notes |
Catalogues raisonnés:
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References |
vangoghgallery.com |
Source/Photographer |
Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5812209 (sale 1532, lot 19, London, 24 June 2014) |
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