File:Vincent van Gogh - Vue de Montmajour (1888).jpg
Vincent van Gogh - Vue de Montmajour (1888).jpg
Vincent van Gogh: Vue de Montmajour / The Plain of La Crau    Artist artist QS:P170,Q5582 Title Vue de Montmajour / The Plain of La Crau label QS:Len,"Vue de Montmajour / The Plain of La Crau" Object type drawing  Date May 1888 date QS:P571,+1888-05-00T00:00:00Z/10 Medium reed pen, India ink and pencil on paper Dimensions height: 30.7 cm (12 in); width: 47.4 cm (18.6 in) dimensions QS:P2048,30.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,47.4U174728 Place of creation Arles Object history Theo van Gogh, Paris (the seven drawings of the first Montmajour series were mailed to Theo by the artist on 26 May 1888). Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam, by descent from the above. Paul Cassirer, Berlin, by whom acquired from the above in November 1907. Alfred Walter von Heymel, Munich, by 1914. August Heye, Bremen. Fritz Nathan, Zurich; sale, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, 24 November 1955, lot 11. J.B. Neumann, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale. Richard Feigen Gallery, New York. Harold Hecht – Gloria Hecht Desser, United States, by whom acquired from the above circa 1955. Duffy Hecht, by descent from the above, 1985. Acquired by the last owner in 2013. Exhibition history Leiden, Stedelijk Museum 'De Lakenhat', April 1893, no. 142. Groningen, Groningsch Museum, March - April 1897, no. 142. Berlin, Paul Cassirers Kunst-Verlag, Katalog der Vierzehneten Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Zeichnende Künste, December 1907, no. 122. Munich, Moderne Kunsthandlung, 1908, no. 88. Dresden, Emil Richter Gallery, Vincent van Gogh: Paul Cezanne, April - May 1908, no. 92. Berlin, Paul Cassirer Gallery, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, May - June 1914, no. 102. Otterlo, Rijksmuseum, Vincent van Gogh: drawings, paintings, March - July 1990, pp. 221-222, 227; this exhibition later travelled to Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum. Inscriptions Signature bottom left: Vincent bottom right: Vue prise a Montmajour Notes Catalogues raisonnés: F1448: Faille, Jacob Baart de la (1970) [1928] The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, no. 1448 . JH1432 : Jan Hulsker (1980), The Complete Van Gogh, Oxford: Phaidon, no.  1432. References vangoghgallery.com Source/Photographer Christie's, LotFinder: entry 5812209 (sale 1532, lot 19, London, 24 June 2014)