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Mme Johanna van Gogh-Bonger [1862-1925], the artist's sister-in-law, Amsterdam; sold August 1908 to (J.H. de Bois [C.M. van Gogh], The Hague); sold 1908 to Richard Kisling [1862-1913], Zürich;[1] Mme Hedwig Glatt-Kisling, Zürich until 1929;[2] (Max Bollag, Zürich); by whom sold 1951 to Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York;[3] bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1]Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh & Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Amsterdam, 1988, p. 120. See also Silvia Volkart-Baumann, Richard Kisling (1862-1917): Ein Schweizer Samler und Kunstvermittler der Moderne, Ph.D. diss, University of Zurich, 2005, p. 56-57.

[2]According to Volkart-Baumann, the collection was dispersed in 1929. The Swiss dealer Max Bollag sold privately and then held a public auction of the Kisling collection on 18 November 1929. This painting was not included in the 1929 sale and remained with Bollag until it's acquisition by Dale in 1951.

[3]Date and source of acquisition according to Chester Dale papers in NGA curatorial files.

Exhibition History

1905
Schilderijen en Teekeningen door Vincent van Gogh, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1905, no. 223
1908
Cent tableaux Vincent van Gogh, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1908, no. 48
1908
Vincent van Gogh, Kunstverein, Frankfurt, 1908, no. 77
1908
Vincent van Gogh, Moderne Kunsthandlung, Munich, 1908, no. 68
1908
Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne, Emil Richter, Dresden, 1908, no. 66
1908
VI. Serie: Vincent van Gogh, Cuno Amiet, Hans Emmenegger, Giovanni Giacometti, Kunstlerhaus [now Kunsthaus], Zurich, 1908, no. 40
1913
Eine Zürcher Privat-Sammlung, Schweizerkunst des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1913, no. 120.
1924
Vincent van Gogh, Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1924, no. 71
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
1998
Van Gogh's Van Goghs: Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998-1999, not in catalogue (shown only in Washington).
2010
From Impressionism to Modernism: The Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, January 2010-January 2012, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1928
Faille, J.-B. de la. L'Oeuvre de Vincent Van Gogh, catalogue raisonné. 4 vols. Paris and Brussels, 1928: I: no. 788; II: repro.
1939
Faille, J.-B. de la. Vincent Van Gogh. New York and Paris, 1939: 531, no. 788, repro.
1965
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 129, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 59
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 51, repro.
1970
Faille, J.-B. de la. The Works of Vincent van Gogh: Paintings and Drawings. Amsterdam, 1970: no. F788, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 156, repro.
1980
Hulsker, Jan. The Complete van Gogh. New York, 1980: 472, no. 2055, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 518, no. 778, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 179, repro.
1986
Gloor, Lukas. Von Böcklin zu Cézanne: Die Rezeption des franszösischen Impressionismus in der deutschen Schweiz. Bern, 1986:135, note 281.
1988
Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Vincent van Gogh & Paul Cassirer, Berlin. Amsterdam, 1988:120
1989
Wheldon, Keith, Van Gogh. London, 1989:repro.
1993
Harrison, Charles, Francis Fascina and Gill Perry, Primitivism, Cubism, Abstraction: The Early Twentieth Century. New Haven, 1993:201, repro.
1993
Heijbroek, Jan Frederik. Kunst, kennis en commercie: de kunsthandelaar J.H. de Bois (1878-1946). Amsterdam, 1993: 200.
1994
Walther, Ingo F. Vincent van Gogh: sämliche Gemälde. 2 vols. Cologne, 1994: II:p. 675
1999
Welsh-Ovcharov, Bogomila. Van Gogh: Provence and Auvers. New York, 1999:281-283, repro. 279
2002
Stolwijk, Chris, and Han Veenenbos. The account book of Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Amsterdam and Leiden, 2002: 52 (17/9), 127 (92/2), 149, 190 no. F788 JH 2055.
2005
Volkart-Baumann, Silvia. Richard Kisling (1862-1917): Ein Schweizer Sammler und Kunstvermittler der Moderne. Ph.D. diss, University of Zurich, 2005:56-57, 127.

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