LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

13.78 in. (35.00 cm.) (height) by 18.50 in. (47.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Rotterdam, Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Vincent van Gogh, May 1903. Rotterdam, Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Vincent van Gogh, 1905. The Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts, Impressionists and their Forebears from Barbizon, March-April 1961, no. 63.

Literature:

Letter of Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, July 1884. J.-B. de la Faille, Vincent Van Gogh, Paris, 1939, p. 62, no. F.40 (illustrated; with incorrect support). J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, p. 56, no. F40 (illustrated; with incorrect support). I.F. Walther and R. Metzger, Vincent van Gogh, The Complete Paintings, Cologne, 1993, p. 45 (illustrated in color; with incorrect support). J. Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam, 1996, p. 116, no. 507 (illustrated, p. 117; with incorrect support).

Provenance:

Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Rotterdam (1903-1905). Jan Smit, Alblasserdam (circa 1905); sale, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 10 February 1919, lot 35. M. Rutgers, The Hague; sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 9 July 1958, lot 181. W.J. Holliday, Indianapolis (acquired at the above sale). Arthur Tooth & Sons, Ltd., London. Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 10 December 1969, lot 34. Brook Street Galleries, London (by 1970). Private collection, London. Acquired by the present owner, circa 1980.