Harvest--The Plain of La Crau
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: 24.2 x 31.9 cm (9 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1992.51.10
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Catalogue Raisonné
Faille 1992, no. 1486 (as Harvest in the Provence, at the Left Montmajour)
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gift 1888 from the artist to John Peter Russell [1858-1931], Belle-Isle-en-Mer; (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 31 March 1920, no. 63); (Le Garrec Art Gallery, Paris); (d'Audretsch Art Gallery, The Hague); (Lutz Art Gallery, Berlin); Georg S. Hirschland [1885 -1942], Essen and later New York; by descent to his nephew Richard S. Hirschland [1913-1960], Englewood, NJ; (Hector Brame, Paris), 1965; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1965; gift to NGA, 1992.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1948
Cleveland Museum of Art, Works by Vincent Van Gogh, 1948.
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 239, repro.
1974
NGA Recent Acquisitions 1974, p. 123-124 A
1978
Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 104.
1991
NGA Anniversary 1991, pp. 232-233.
1999
An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.
2013
Van Gogh at Work, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2013, fig. 237 (unnumbered catalog).
2016
In Celebration of Paul Mellon, NGA, 2016.
Bibliography
1966
Roskill, Mark. "Van Gogh's 'Blue Cart' and His Creative Process." Oud Holland 81, no. 1 (1966): 3-8, 13 (illustrated p. 11, fig. 4).
1970
Faille, Jacob Baart de la. The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings. Revised ed. Amsterdam, 1970: no. 1486.
1980
Hulsker, Jan. The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, drawings, sketches. New York, 1980: 344, 346, 350, no. 1527.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 683, no. 1097, color repro.
1992
Faille, Jacob Baart de la. Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper. San Francisco, 1992: no. 1486 and plate CLXVI
1997
Sotheby's, London, 24 June 1997, under lot 7, fig. 3 (caption is switched with fig. 4).
2003
"Impressionist and Modern Art, Part One," Sotheby's, New York, 5 November 2003, 28, 30, fig. 30 (under lot 6).
Inscriptions
lower left in brown ink: Vincent
Wikidata ID
Q64633808