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Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824 - 1898), c. 1894-1896

oil on paper on canvas, 55.6 cm x 46.1 cm

Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Object number
s0428M1992
Dimensions
55.6 cm x 46.1 cm, 73.5 cm x 64 cm
Provenance
After the death of the artist on 24 October 1898 bequeathed to his heirs; bequeathed by these heirs to M. and Mme. P. De Vaugelas, Paris; with heirs of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes until at least 1937; Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paris; private collection, Paris; auction Paris, Ader (Aquarelles, dessins, gouaches, pastels, sculptures, céramiques, tableaux modernes), lot 193 (Le Liseur), sold for FRF 215.000, 1 March 1990; Paul Z. Josefowitz, London; sold by a private collector, France through Art Research Consultants ltd, St. Helier (Jersey) to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 24 March 1992, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Credits
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, De groote expressie. Schilderijen van Van Gogh, Bernard, Israels, Puvis de Chavannes, Van Rappard, Sluijters en Von Stuck uit het Van Gogh Museum, 19 September 1998-11 April 1999

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 25 February-29 May 1994, no. 128

Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts (Lyon), Puvis de Chavannes et la peinture lyonnaise du XIXe siècle, 1937, no. 273

London, Exhibition of International Art, May 1898, no. 273

Brussels, Paleis der Koloniën, Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles, 1897, no. 312

Lyon, Société Lyonnaise des Beaux-Arts, Salon de 1896, 1896, no. 622 of 623

Brown Price, Aimée, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes II : a catalogue raisonné of the painted work, 2010, p. 368

Lacambre, Geneviève, Brown Price, Aimée, Stroo, M., Whiteley, J.J.L., Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1994, p. 210-212

Van Gogh Museum : jaarverslag 1992, 1993, p. 10-11, 16

Leeuw, Ronald de, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes : twee recente aanwinsten, p. 16-18

Leeuw, Ronald de, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes : two recent acquistions, p. 16-18

Leeuw, Ronald de, Van Gogh Museum : schilderijen en pastels, 1993, p. 33

Leeuw, Ronald de, Tilborgh, Louis van, Esner, Rachel, Becker, Edwin, Heugten, Sjraar van, Leeman, Fred, Vriend, Anita, Van Gogh Museum Journal 1995, 1995, p. 197

Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, 2000, p. 260

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