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Vincent van Gogh

Harvest--The Plain of La Crau, 1888

Not on View

Medium

reed pen and brown ink over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 24.2 x 31.9 cm (9 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Catalogue Raisonné

Faille 1992, no. 1486 (as _Harvest in the Provence, at the Left Montmajour_)

Accession Number

1992.51.10

Artists / Makers

Vincent van Gogh (artist) Dutch, 1853 - 1890

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Inscription

lower left in brown ink: Vincent

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

Brame, Hector
Drouot, Hôtel
Hirschland, Georg S.
Hirschland, Richard S.
Le Garrec Art Gallery
Lutz Art Gallery
Mellon, Paul
Russell, John Peter
d'Audretsch Art Gallery

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).