Boy Sitting in the Grass

Currently on view

Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941), 1886

oil on canvas, 40 cm x 32.7 cm

Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Object number
s0258V1962
Dimensions
40 cm x 32.7 cm, 54.9 cm x 47.8 cm
Provenance
Probably exchanged by the artist, Paris with Vincent van Gogh, Paris, between late 1886 and 19 February 1888; left by Vincent van Gogh at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 10 July 1962; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962 (as Unknown, Zittende figuur in het gras); on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Emile Bernard
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Collectie Theo van Gogh, April-May 1960

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Collectie Theo van Gogh, February 1960

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, De verzameling van Theo van Gogh. Met uitzondering van de werken van zijn broer Vincent, 31 March-11 May 1953, no. 93

Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, De verzameling van Theo van Gogh. Met uitzondering van de werken van zijn broer Vincent, 1953, no. 93

The Hague, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, De verzameling van Theo van Gogh. Met uitzondering van de werken van zijn broer Vincent, 1953, no. 93

Gogh, Vincent Willem van, De verzameling van Theo van Gogh : met uitzondering van de werken van zijn broer Vincent = La collection de Theo van Gogh : excepté les oeuvres de son frère Vincent, 1953, [unpaged]

Uitert, Evert van, Hoyle, Michael, Crimpen, Han van, The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1987, p. 306

Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, 2000, p. 66

Leeman, Fred, Jongen in het gras : toegeschreven aan Emile Bernard, p. 23

Leeman, Fred, Boy sitting in the grass : attributed to Emile Bernard, p. 23

Leeman, Fred, Recchi-Altariba, Béatrice, Champié, A., Argyropoulos-Recchi, Lucrezia, Cordier, Céline, Emile Bernard (1868-1941), 2013, pp. 107-109

Luthi, Jean-Jacques, Israël, Armand, Emile Bernard : instigateur de l'école de Pont-Aven, précurseur de l'art moderne : sa vie, son oeuvre : catalogue raisonné, 2014, p. 145

Jansen, Leo, Luijten, Hans, Bakker, Nienke, Vincent van Gogh : painted with words : the letters to Émile Bernard, 2007, p. 366

Jansen, Leo, Luijten, Hans, Bakker, Nienke, Vincent van Gogh - The Letters : The complete illustrated and annotated edition : Volume 4 : Arles, 1888-1889, 2009, pp. 174-175

Vellekoop, Marije, Hendriks, Ella, Jansen, Leo, Meedendorp, Teio, Bakker, Nienke, Dijk, Maite van, Van Gogh's studio practice, 2013, note 26 on p. 368, notes 36 and 40 on p. 370, note 99 on p. 383, note 102 on p. 384

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