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Mme J. van Gogh-Bonger, the artist's sister-in-law, Amsterdam; sold 1905 to (Paul Cassirer, Berlin); sold 1905 to Julius Stern [1859-1914], Berlin; [1] (his estate sale, Cassirer, Berlin, 22 May 1916, no. 27); bought by Moll. [2] (Dr. Alfred Gold, Berlin); sold 22 October 1929 through (Étienne Bignou, Paris) to (Alex Reid and Lefèvre, Glasgow and London) on joint account with (M. Knoedler & Co., London, New York and Paris); sold 23 May 1931 through (Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris)to Chester Dale [1882-1962], New York;[3] bequest 1963 to NGA.

[1]Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh & Paul Cassirer, Berlin: The Reception of van Gogh in Germany from 1901-1914, Zwolle, 1988, p. 110-111.

[2] Annotated sales catalogue in Harvard University library (copy NGA curatorial files). He is identified as Dr. Fritz A. Molle of Brieg, near Breslau, in the documentation provided by Bignou to Chester Dale (NGA curatorial records).

[3]Reid & Lefèvre Paintings Sold, sheet no. 291, #226/29 B1657 gives acquisition and sale date and information about half share with Knoedler (Lefèvre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, TGA 2002/11, Box 283). Letter dated 15 October 1929 from Bignou documents his acquisition of the painting from Gold. (Lefèvre archives, Hyman Kreitman Research Centre, Tate Britain, TGA 2002/11, Box 228).

Exhibition History

1905
VII. Austellung, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1905, not in catalogue.
1912
Sonderbund Ausstellung, Cologne, 1912, no. 96.
1913
Sechste Ausstellung, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, March 1913, no. 32.
1913
Summer exhibition, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1913, unnumbered.
1914
Franz. Malerie des 19. Jahrhunderts, Ernst Arnold, Dresden, 1914, no. 52.
1914
Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 1914, no. 55.
1930
Cent ans de peinture française, Galeries Georges Petit, Paris, 1930, no. 30.
1930
Masterpieces by 19th Century French Painters, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1930, no. 8, repro.
1931
A Century of French Painting; an Exhibition of French Painting, Wilmington Society of Fine Arts, Delaware, M. Knoedler & Co., Chicago; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1931, no. 12
1934
Landscape Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1934, no. 57.
1965
The Chester Dale Bequest, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965, unnumbered checklist.
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. 565; II: repro.
1928
Fels, Florent. Vincent van Gogh. Paris, 1928: 143, repro.
1929
Pfister, Kurt. Vincent van Gogh. Berlin, 1929: repro. pl. 48.
1937
Scherjon, W. and Jos. de Gruyter. Vincent van Gogh's Great Period: Arles, St. Rémy and Auvers sur Oise (Complete Catalogue). Amsterdam, 1937:266-267, no. 71, repro.
1939
Faille, J.-B. de la. Vincent Van Gogh. New York and Paris, 1939: 456, no. 656, repro.
1942
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 78, repro.
1944
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1944: 78, repro.
1952
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., Great Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1952: 170, color repro.
1953
French Paintings from the Chester Dale Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1953: 85, repro.
1957
Shapley, Fern Rusk. Comparisons in Art: A Companion to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. London, 1957 (reprinted 1959): pl. 156
1963
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 327, repro.
1965
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Paintings & Sculpture of the French School in the Chester Dale Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 127, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 59
1966
Cairns, Huntington, and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:468, color repro.
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. F656, repro.
1975
European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 156, repro.
1978
King, Marian. Adventures in Art: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. New York, 1978: 92, pl. 56.
1980
Hulsker, Jan. The Complete van Gogh. New York, 1980: 428, no. 1870, repro.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 520, no. 780, color repro.
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 180, repro.
1987
Wolk, Johannes van der. The Seven Sketchbooks of Vincent van Gogh. New York, 1987: 216, 219, 243, 308, repro.
1988
Feilchenfeldt, Walter, Vincent van Gogh & Paul Cassirer, Berlin. Amsterdam, 1988:110-111.
1994
Walther, Ingo F. Vincent van Gogh: Sämliche Gemälde. 2 vols. Cologne, 1994: II:p. 593
1996
Klusmann, Georg. Vincent van Gogh: Still Life with Peonies. Mainburg, 1996:35.
2002
Stolwijk, Chris, and Han Veenenbos. The account book of Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Amsterdam and Leiden, 2002: 49 (14/4), 124 (89/21), 145, 183 no. F656 JH 1870.
2003
Stolwijk, Christ, Sjraar van Heugten, Leo Janson and Andreas Blühm, eds. Vincent's Choice: The Musée imaginaire of Van Gogh. Exh. cat. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2003: 183, repro.
2006
Hecht, Peter. Van Gogh en Rembrandt. In series Van Gogh in Focus. Amsterdam, 2006:46, repro.
2006
Van Gogh in Budapest, Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 2006-2007: 117, repro.

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