The Harvest
1888
Artist, Dutch, 1853 - 1890
Artwork overview
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Medium
reed pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 31.7 x 24.2 cm (12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1985.64.91
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faille 1992, no. 1491 (as Arles: View from the Wheat Fields, present owner unknown)
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Henri Matisse, Paris; (Ambroise Vollard [1867-1939], Paris); Charles Boyer; (Pierre Matisse Art Gallery, New York?)[1]; (E. Coe Kerr Gallery, New York); purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, April 1969; gift to NGA, 1985.
[1.] According to Faille, Pierre Matisse Gallery was the last known owner. An editor's note under no. 1491 comments that the gallerie "denies... ever having owned or handled this particular work."
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1905
Exposition Retrospective, Salon des Independents, Paris, 24 March-30 April 1905, no. 30.
1986
Gifts to the Nation: Selected Acquisitions from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist, repro.
2005
Van Gogh the Draftsman: The Masterpieces, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2005.
Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2005.
2006
Van Gogh's Sheaves of Wheat, Dallas Museum of Art, 2006-2007, no. 26.
2008
Van Gogh: Heartfelt Lines, Albertina, Vienna, 2008.
2016
In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.
Bibliography
1970
Faille, Jacob Baart de la. The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings. Revised ed. Amsterdam, 1970: no. 1491.
1984
Pickvance, Ronald. Van Gogh in Arles. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984: 82.
1992
Faille, Jacob Baart de la. Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper. San Francisco, 1992: no. 1491 and Plate CLXVII
2001
The Berggruen Collection, auction catalogue, Phillips, New York, 7 May 2001, under no. 44, p. 47, fig. 4.
Wikidata ID
Q64633803