LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

25.98 in. (66.00 cm.) (height) by 20.08 in. (51.00 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Exhibited:

Commemorating the Twenty Fifth Anniversary: An International Group of Paintings of Flowers,1930, no. 67 (titled Flowers-Still Life) New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Modern Works of Art: Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, 1934-35, no. 15 (titled Poppies) New York, The Museum of Modern Art ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Museum of Art; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Cleveland, Museum of Art; San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor; Kansas City, The William Rochill Nelson Gallery of Art; Minneapolis, The Institute of Arts; Chicago, The Art Institute; Detroit, Institute of Arts; New York, The Museum of Modern Art,Vincent van Gogh,1936-37,no. 14 (titledPoppies) Washington, D.C., The Washington Gallery of The Museum of Modern Art,Flowers and Fruits, 1938, no. 22 (titled Poppies) Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, Prints Collected by A. Conger Goodyear, 1966, no. 16 (titledFlowers of the Fields) Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, Paintings from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1968, illustrated in the catalogue Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, on long-term exhibition, 1962-90

Literature:

Julius Meier-Graefe, Vincent van Gogh, Munich, 1918, illustrated p. 11 (titled Blumenstrauss) Jacob-Baart de la Faille, L’Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Paris and Brussels, 1928, vol. I no. 280, catalogued p. 82; vol. II, illustrated pl. 77 (dated incorrectly Epoque de Paris) “Fruits & Flowers: Spring in the Capital,” The Art News, New York, April 2, 1938, illustrated p. 11 (titled Poppies) Jacob-Baart de la Faille,The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Painting and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. 280 ,pp 309 and 622 illustrated, p. 308 (titled Still life Vase with Daises and Poppies) Paul Aletrino, Tout van Gogh, 1888-1890,La Peinture, Paris, 1982, no. 67, illustrated p. 80 (titled Fleurs de Champs) Alain Mothe, Vincent van Gogh à Auvers-sur-Oise, Paris, 1987, illustrated in color p. 81 Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, The Reception of van Gogh in Germany from 1902-1913, Amsterdam, 1988, illustrated p. 86 (titled Still life: Vase with Daises and Poppies) Ingo Walter & Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh, The Complete Paintings, Cologne, 1990, illustrated p. 661 Jan Hulsker,The Complete van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1996, no. 2032, illustrated p. 466 The Real Van Gogh, The Artist and his Letters (exhibition catalogue), Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2010, discussed p. 272 Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh, The Years in France, Complete Paintings 1886-1890, London, 2013, illustrated in color p. 250

Provenance:

(probably) Dr. Paul Gachet, Auvers-sur-Oise Gaston Alexandre Camentron, Paris Paul Cassirer, Berlin (acquired from the above in November 1911) Antoine Albert, Wiesbaden (acquired in 1914) Mrs. A. Albert, Munich (widow of the above; acquired in 1918) Georg Caspari, Munich M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., London (acquired on April24,1926) James Carstairs, Philadelphia (acquired in December 1926) M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired in October 1928) Anson Conger Goodyear, Long Island, New York (acquired in October 1928) George F. Goodyear, Buffalo, New York (acquired by decent from the above in December 1941) Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York (acquired in part from the above) Acquired by the present owner from the Goodyear family in 1991 Exhibited Berlin, Paul Cassirer, Vincent van Gogh, 1914, lot 27a New York, The Museum of Modern Art, First Loan Exhibition: Cézanne-Gauguin-Seurat-van Gogh, 1929, illustrated pl. 92 Buffalo, Albright Art Gallery, Catalogue of