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Property of a Distinguished Japanese Private Collector

Vincent van Gogh

A Pair of Lovers (Eglogue en Provence)

Auction Closed

March 2, 07:38 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000,000 - 10,000,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Distinguished Japanese Private Collector

Vincent van Gogh

1853 - 1890

A Pair of Lovers (Eglogue en Provence)


oil on canvas

32.7 by 22.8cm., 12⅞ by 9 in.

Executed in Arles in March 1888.


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.


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知名日本私人收藏

文森・梵谷

1853 - 1890年

《一雙戀人(普羅旺斯的田園牧歌)》


油彩畫布

32.5 x 23 公分;12¾ x 9 英寸

1888年3月作於亞爾


阿姆斯特丹梵谷博物館已為本作提供認證。

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


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約瑟夫・M・吉諾與瑪麗・吉諾・朱利恩,亞爾(1898年或之前購藏,可能購自藝術家本人)

L・莫利納爾,馬賽(1901年或之前購入)

亨利・伯恩斯坦,巴黎(售出:德魯奧拍賣行,巴黎,1911年6月8日,拍品編號29)

伯恩海姆.冉內,巴黎

若斯・埃塞爾,巴黎

維德拉克畫廊,巴黎

赫爾曼・萊,奧斯陸(1928年或之前購入)

J・E・韋倫斯基德,奧斯陸萊薩克 (1968年或之前購入)

私人收藏(售出:倫敦蘇富比,1986年3月25日,拍品編號13)

私人收藏,倫敦(購自上述拍賣;售出:倫敦蘇富比,2001年6月26日,拍品編號10)

私人收藏,紐約(購自上述拍賣)

私人收藏,東京(購自上述拍賣;售出:紐約蘇富比,2013年5月7日,拍品編號59)

現藏家購自上述拍賣

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. Vol. II. 1888-1890, 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 (titled Two Lovers)

Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten & Nienke Bakker (eds.), Vincent van Gogh: The Letters. The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition, New York, 2009, vol. 4, 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)


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雅各布・巴特・德拉法伊  ,《文森・梵谷 作品專題目錄》,巴黎及布魯塞爾,1928年,第I冊,品號544,頁155收錄;第II冊,品號544,圖版CXLIX

威廉・舍容及W・喬斯・德・格魯伊特,《文森・梵谷的偉大時期》,阿姆斯特丹,1937年,亞爾,品號181

雅各布・巴特・德拉法伊,《文森・梵谷 》,巴黎,1939年,品號548,頁385載圖

《文森・梵谷書信全集》,倫敦,1958年,第II冊,信函編號470,頁534提及;第III冊,信函編號B2[2],頁477提及

雅各布・巴特・德拉法伊,《文森・梵谷作品集:油畫及素描》,倫敦,1970年,品號F544,頁230載圖

保羅・勒卡達諾,《梵谷1888-1890年繪畫全集》,巴黎,1971年,品號491,頁205載圖

楊・胡斯卡,《梵谷全集:油畫、素描、速寫》,紐約,1977年,品號1369,頁309載圖

布魯斯・貝爾納(編),《文森自傳》,倫敦,1985年,頁219載彩圖

英戈・F・瓦爾特及拉伊内里・梅茲格,《文森・梵谷:繪畫全集》,科隆,1989年,第II冊,頁315載彩圖

楊・胡斯卡,《 新梵谷全集:油畫、素描、速寫》,阿姆斯特丹,1996年,品號1369,頁309載圖

英戈・F・瓦爾特及拉伊内里・梅茲格,《文森・梵谷:繪畫全集》,科隆,2001年,頁315載彩圖

漢斯・路滕,《梵谷與愛》,阿姆斯特丹,2007年,封面載局部彩圖

李奧・楊森、漢斯・路滕及寧克・巴克(合編),《文森・梵谷:以文繪畫——致艾米爾・貝納爾的信函》,紐約,2008年,頁136載彩圖

展覽圖錄,《梵谷與夜色》,現代藝術博物館,紐約及梵谷博物館,阿姆斯特丹,2008-09年,品號98,頁137載彩圖

李奧・楊森、漢斯・路滕及寧克・巴克(合編),《文森・梵谷書信集:完整插圖及註釋版》,紐約,2009年,第4冊,頁29、30及33載彩圖,信函編號587,頁28及信函編號588,頁30提及;第6冊,列於頁13