Vincent van Gogh: Grass and Butterflies
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Artist |
Vincent van Gogh
(1853–1890) |
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Alternative names |
Vincent Willem van Gogh |
Description |
Dutch painter, drawer 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 |
title QS:P1476,en:"Grass and Butterflies"
label QS:Len,"Grass and Butterflies"
label QS:Lfr,"Coin de jardin avec papillons"
label QS:Lde,"Rasenstück mit Schmetterlingen"
label QS:Lnl,"Gras met vlinders" |
Object type |
painting |
Date |
from May 1887 until July 1887 date QS:P571,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P580,+1887-05-00T00:00:00Z/10,P582,+1887-07-00T00:00:00Z/10 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 50.4 cm (19.8 in); width: 61.4 cm (24.1 in) dimensions QS:P2048,50.4U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,61.4U174728 |
Collection |
Private collection institution QS:P195,Q768717 |
Place of creation |
Arles |
Object history |
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 by 1928). Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1987). Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1998. on loan from a private collection, Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam, Inv. Nr.: s278B/2010 (Vincent van Gogh Foundation) Offered at Christie’s, New York, 11 November 2018, lot 40A, not sold |
Exhibition history |
- Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Vincent van Gogh, February-March 1960, p. 34, no. 55 (titled Coin de Jardin; dated 1889).
- The Art Institute of Chicago and Amsterdam, The Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South, September 2001-January 2002, pp. 275 and 408, no. 114 (illustrated in color, p. 274, no. 22; dated circa May 1889).
- London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters, January-April 2010, p. 100, no. 50 (illustrated in color, p. 101).
- 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).e Beaulieu, Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections suisses, de Manet à Picasso, May-October 1964, no. 116 (illustrated; titled Parc de l'hôpital Saint-Paul).
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Notes |
Catalogues raisonnés:
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References |
vangoghgallery.com Christie’s (webarchive) ArtNet News |
Source/Photographer |
Christie's, LotFinder: entry 6169506 (sale 15977, lot 40A, New York, 11 November 2018, page no more available) |