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Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

36.10 in. (91.70 cm.) (height) by 28.94 in. (73.50 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Exposition d'oeuvres de Vincent van Gogh, March 1901, no. 53 Berlin, Galerie Paul Cassirer, no. 40 Zürich, Kunsthaus, Vincent van Gogh, 1924, no. 40 (titled Graberstrasse in Arles) Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Stedelijke Tentoonstelling Vincent van Gogh en zijn Tijdgenoonten, 1930, no. 71, illustrated p. 15 Basel, Kunsthalle, Vincent van Gogh, 1947, no. 70, illustrated p. 26 Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Europäische Meister, 1790 -1910, 1955, no. 102, illustrated p. 31 Schaffhausen, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Die Welt des Impressionismus, 1963, no. 52, illustrated in the catalogue Tokyo, Wildenstein Tokyo Ltd., Masterpieces of European Painting, 1992, no. 13, illustrated in the catalogue Chicago, The Art Institute and Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South, 2001- 02, illustrated in color p. 173 & p. 176 Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Van Gogh/Artaud, The Man Suicided by Society, 2014

Literature:

Julius Meier-Graefe, Modern Art: Being a Contribution to a New System of Aesthetics, New York, 1904, vol. I, p. 120 (titled Chemin des tombeaux à Arles) Théodore Duret, Vincent Van Gogh, Paris, 1924, pl. XXXI, illustrated Hanna Kiel, "La collection Hans Mettler à Saint-Gall,” L'Amour de l'Art, vol. VIII, 1927, p. 231, illustrated, p. 230 Jacob-Baart de la Faille, L'oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, vol. 1, Paris, 1928, no. 569, catalogued p. 161; vol. 2, illustrated, pl. CLV John Rewald, "Van Gogh en Provence", L'Amour de l'Art, vol. XVII, 1936, illustrated p. 294 W Scherjon and Jos de Gruyter, Vincent van Gogh's Great Period: Arles, St. Rémy and Auver sur Oise, Amsterdam, 1937, no. 123, illustrated p.152 Jacob-Baart de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh, Paris, 1939, no. 552, illustrated p. 387. Jean Leymarie, Van Gogh, Paris, 1951, discussed p. 108 Henri Perruchot, "L'amitié de Gauguin et de Van Gogh," Le Jardin des Arts, 1957, no. 31, illustrated p. 415 The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh, London, 1958, vol. III, letter no. B19a, mentioned p. 519 Abraham Marie Hammacher, A Detailed Catalogue with Full Documentation of 272 Works by Vincent Van Gogh Belonging to the Collection of the State, Museum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, 1959, mentioned p. 81 Jacob-Baart de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. F569, illustrated p. 238 Mark Roskill, Van Gogh, Gauguin and the Impressionist Circle, London, 1970, catalogued pp. 135-137 illustrated, p. 161 & pl. 109 Paolo Lecaldano, L'opera pittora completa di Van Gogh e i suoi nessi grafici, Milan, 1971, p. 215, no. 601, illustrated, p. 214 Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1980, no. 1623, illustrated, p. 373 Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov, Vincent Van Gogh and the Birth of Cloisonism (exhibition catalogue), Toronto, 1981, illustrated pp. 140-141 Ronald Pickvance, Van Gogh in Arles (exhibition catalogue), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, illustrated p. 199 Haruo Arikawa, Vincent van Gogh exhibition (exhibition catalogue), National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 1985, illustrated p. 186 Claire Freches-Thory, The Art of Paul Gauguin (exhibition catalogue), Washington, D.C., 1988, illustrated p. 112. Johannes van der Wolk, Roland Pickvance and E.B.F. Pey, Vincent van Gogh, Drawings (exhibition catalogue), New York, 1990, illustrated p. 20 Roland Dorn, Décoration: Vincent van Goghs Werkreihe für das Gelbe Haus in Arles, Hildesheim, 1990, illustrated pp. 439 & 442 Giovanni Testori and Luisa Arrigoni, Van Gogh: Catalogo completo dei dipinti, Florence, 1990, no. 589, illustrated in color, p.265 Ingo F. Walther and Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings, vol. II, Cologne, 1993, catalogued p. 443, illustrated in color p. 447 Jan Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Philadelphia, 1996, no. 1623, illustrated pp. 368, 370 & 373 Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov , Van Gogh in Provence and Auvers, New York, 1999, illustrated in color p. 98 Debora Silverman, Van Gogh and Gauguin, The Search for Sacred Art, New York, 2000, mentioned pp. 200-201, 401 & 413, illustrated in color p. 202 Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh, The Years in France, Complete Paintings 1886-1890, London, 2013, illustrated in color p. 170 Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke Bakkers (eds.), Vincent van Gogh. The letters, at http://vangoghletters.org/vg/, letters 716, note 5, letter 765, note 29

Provenance:

Marie & Joseph Ginoux, Arles Henri Laget, Arles Ambroise Vollard, Paris Jack Aghion, Paris (by 1901 and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 29, 1918, lot 13) Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Paris Paul Vallotton, Lausanne Hans Mettler, St. Gallen, Switzerland (acquired from the above by 1918) Mrs. A. Mettler Weber, Zollikon, Switzerland (by descent from the above) Private collection (by descent from the above) Sale: Christie's, New York, May 15, 1985, lot 25 Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York (acquired at the above sale) Private Collection, Japan Sale: Christie’s, New York, November 4, 2003, lot 25. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner