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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 2, 2022 | Sotheby's | London | Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction | 123 | $****** - ****** | A Pair of Lovers (Eglogue en Provence) | |||
May 7, 2013 | Sotheby's | New York | Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale | 59 | $****** - ****** | Eglogue En Provence - Un Couple D'amoureux | |||
Jun 26, 2001 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist & Modern Art -Part I | 10 | $****** - ****** | Eglogue Provence - un couple d'amoureux | |||
Mar 25, 1986 | Sotheby's | London | N/A | 13 | Estimates not disclosed | Eglogue en provence-un couple d'amoureux |
paintings
32.5 x 23 cm (12.8 x 9.06 in)
oil on canvas
Joseph M. Ginoux & Marie Ginoux-Julien, Arles (acquired by 1898; probably acquired from the artist)
L. Molinard, Marseille (acquired by 1901)
Henri Bernstein, Paris (sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8th June 1911, lot 29)
Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
Jos. Hessel, Paris
Galerie Vildrac, Paris
Hermann Lie, Oslo (acquired by 1928)
J. E. Werenskiold, Lysaker, Oslo (acquired by 1968)
Private Collection (sold: Sotheby's, London, 25th March 1986, lot 13)
Private Collection, London (purchased at the above sale. Sold: Sotheby's, London, 26th June 2001, lot 10)
Private Collection (purchased at the above sale)
Private Collection, Japan (acquired from the above. Sold: Sotheby's, New York, 7th May 2013, lot 59)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Sapporo, The Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art; Tokyo, The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum; Kyoto, The National Museum of Modern Art & Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh & Japan, 2017-18, no. 84, illustrated in colour in the catalogue (titled Two Lovers )
Jakob-Baart de la Faille, L'œuvre de Vincent Van Gogh. Catalogue Raisonné , Paris & Brussels, 1928, vol. I, no. 544, catalogued p. 155; vol. II, no. 544, illustrated pl. CXLIX (titled Eglogue en Provence )
Willem Scherjon & Jos de Gruyter, Vincent Van Gogh's Great Period , Amsterdam, 1937, no. 181, illustrated p. 192 (titled Pastoral Idyll )
Jakob-Baart de la Faille, Vincent Van Gogh , Paris, 1939, no. 548, illustrated p. 385
The Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh , London, 1958, vol. II, letter no. 470, mentioned p. 534; vol. III, letter no. B2[2], mentioned p. 477
Jakob-Baart de la Faille, The Works of Vincent Van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings , London, 1970, no. F544, illustrated p. 230 (titled A Pair of Lovers )
Paolo Lecaldano, Tout l'œuvre peint de Van Gogh, 1888-1890 , vol. II, Paris, 1971, no. 491, illustrated p. 205 (titled Eglogue en Provence )
Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches , New York, 1977, no. 1369, illustrated p. 309 (titled Walking Couple )
Bruce Bernard (ed.), Vincent by Himself , London, 1985, illustrated in colour p. 219 (titled Walking Couple )
Ingo F. Walther & Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh, Sämtliche Gemälde , Cologne, 1989, vol. II, illustrated in colour p. 315 (titled Liebespaar in Arles )
Jan Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches , Amsterdam, 1996, no. 1369, illustrated p. 309 (titled Walking Couple )
Ingo F. Walther & Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh. The Complete Paintings , Cologne, 2001, illustrated in colour p. 315 (titled Two Lovers )
Hans Luijten, Van Gogh and Love , Amsterdam, 2007, detail illustrated in colour on the cover (titled Two Lovers )
Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten & Nienke Bakker (eds.), Vincent van Gogh, Painted with Words: The Letters to Emile Bernard , New York, 2008, illustrated in colour p. 136
Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night (exhibition catalogue), The Museum of Modern Art, New York & Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2008-09, no. 98, illustrated in colour p. 137
Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten & Nienke Bakker (eds.), Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Editio n, vol. 4, New York, 2009, illustrated in colour pp. 29, 30 & 33; mentioned in letter no. 587, p. 28 and in letter no. 588, p. 30; vol. 6, listed p. 13 (titled Walking Couple )
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent Van Gogh. The Years in France. Complete Paintings 1886-1890 , London, 2013, illustrated in colour p. 137 (titled Walking Couple )
Property of a Distinguished Japanese Private Collector
Vincent van Gogh
1853 - 1890
A Pair of Lovers (Eglogue en Provence)
oil on canvas
32.5 by 23cm., 12¾ by 9 in.
Executed in Arles in March 1888.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
