Vincent van Gogh: Three Sunflowers in a Vase
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| Artist |
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)    |
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| Alternative names |
Vincent Willem van Gogh |
| Description |
Dutch painter, draftsperson and printmaker |
| Date of birth/death |
30 March 1853  |
29 July 1890 |
| Location of birth/death |
Zundert |
Auvers-sur-Oise |
| Work period |
between circa 1880 and circa July 1890 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1890-07-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902 |
| Work location |
Netherlands ( Etten, The Hague, Nuenen, …, before 1886 date QS:P,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 ), Paris (1886–1887), Arles (1888–1889), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (1889–1890), Auvers-sur-Oise (1890) |
| Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q5582 |
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| Title |
English: Three Sunflowers |
| Object type |
painting |
| Description |
English: This is the mysterious so-called "Lausanne" Sunflowers. It was purchased by an unidentified private collector from a New York dealer in 1996 for an undisclosed sum. The last time it was exhibited was in 1948 when the Cleveland had it for a month. Previously it had been exhibited three times for a total of just six weeks in Paris. Since the 1948 exhibition its movements have been shrouded in mystery and few people have seen it in recent years. The painting is said to be in excellent condition. This image, from Martin Bailey's 2013 book, is likely the best image available, Bailey doesn't give a picture credit. |
| Date |
1888 date QS:P571,+1888-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
| Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
| Dimensions |
height: 73 cm (28.7 in); width: 58 cm (22.8 in) dimensions QS:P2048,73U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,58U174728 |
| Collection |
Private collection institution QS:P195,somevalue,P3831,Q768717
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| Place of creation |
Arles |
| Object history |
- 1889 Theo van Gogh, Paris
- 1891 Jo Bonger, Bussum
- 1891 Octave Mirbeau, Paris (via Tanguy, Paris) £12
- 1912 Jacques Doucet, Paris (via Bernheim Jeune Gallery, Paris) £2,000
- 1929 Jeanne Doucet, Paris
- 1930 Jean Dubrujeaud, Paris
- 1968 Jean Angladon-Dubrujeaud, Avignon
- 1970 Georges Embericos, Lausanne (via Schmidt gallery, Paris) £600,000
- 1996 Unidentified private collector (via a New York gallery) undisclosed
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| Exhibition history |
- 1901 Paris, 4
- 1927 Paris
- 1948 Cleveland, 9
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| Notes |
Catalogues raisonnés:
- F453: Faille, Jacob Baart de la (1970) [1928] The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, no. 453 .
- JH1559 : Jan Hulsker (1980), The Complete Van Gogh, Oxford: Phaidon, no. 1559.
- Letters.
- Letter 666: To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 21 or Wednesday, 22 August 1888. Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. Van Gogh Museum. "3 large flowers in a green vase, light background (no. 15 canvas) [n.2 Van Gogh is mistaken about the size: the work measures 73 x 58 cm, which makes it a ‘no. 20 figure’ canvas (73 x 60 cm)]"
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| References |
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| Source/Photographer |
- Bailey, Martin: The Sunflowers Are Mine: The Story of Van Gogh's Masterpiece, Frances Lincoln Limited (2013), pp. 53 (image) 202 (provenance) , ISBN 978-0-7112-3298-3
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