Gallery Label Upon Van Gogh's arrival at the asylum of Saint-Rémy in spring 1889, the olive trees that grew in cultivated groves near the walls of the sanitarium took on great significance for him.
Provenance the artist's brother, Theo van Gogh, Paris (1890–d. 1891; sent to him by the artist on January 3, 1890); his widow, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam, in trust for their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh (1891–her d. 1925); Vincent Willem van Gogh, Amsterdam (1925–26; sold in 1926 to A. Mak, Amsterdam, apparently as agent for Wildenstein, with Paul Rosenberg, Paris, as intermediary); [Wildenstein, New York and London, 1926–37; sold on November 1, 1937 for £5,750 to Schuster]; Sir Victor Schuster, London (1937–47; purchased, in part, through exchange of "Women Picking Olives" by Van Gogh [MMA 1995.535]; sale, Sotheby's, London, July 26, 1939, no. 76, bought in for £4,000 by Carlson as agent for Schuster; deposited with Schuster collection for safekeeping at The Tate Gallery, London, from July 1940; with The Lefevre Gallery [Alex. Reid & Lefevre], London, until no later than December 1946, when consigned by Schuster to Wildenstein; sold by Schuster about September 1947 to Mayor); [Mayor Galleries, London, 1947–50; sold in May 1950 to Feilchenfeldt]; [Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zurich, from 1950; sold to Simon]; Simon, Switzerland (until d. 1953); his widow (1953; sold on October 27 via Francart S.A., Zug, Switzerland, to Lefevre); [The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid and Lefevre), London, 1953–54; sold on May 11, 1954 to Salz]; [Sam Salz, New York, 1954; sold on May 15 to Annenberg]; Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, Rancho Mirage, Calif. (1954–98; jointly with MMA, 1998–his d. 2002; his bequest to MMA)
Exhibition History Amsterdam. Stedelijk Museum. "Tentoonstelling van Schilderijen en Teekeningen door Vincent van Gogh," July–August, 1905, no. 202.
Rotterdam. Kunstzalen Oldenzeel. "Vincent van Gogh," January 26–February 28, 1906, no. 48.
Copley Hall, Copley Society of Boston. "International Exhibition of Modern Art (The Armory Show)," April 28–May 19, 1913, no. 219 or 223.
Art Institute of Chicago. "International Exhibition of Modern Art (The Armory Show)," March 24–April 16, 1913, no. 414 or 418.
New York. Armory of the Sixty-ninth Regiment. "International Exhibition of Modern Art (The Armory Show)," February 17–March 15, 1913, no. 430 or 434.
New York. Montross Gallery. "Vincent van Gogh," October 23–?, 1920, no. 49 or no. 54.
New York. Wildenstein & Co., Inc.. "French Masters of the XIX Century," March–April, 1927, no catalogue.
Detroit Institute of Arts. "Modern French Painting," May 22–June 30, 1931, no. 47.
St. Louis. City Art Museum. "An Exhibition of Paintings & Prints by the Masters of Post-Impressionism," April 4–26, 1931, no. 36.
Los Angeles Museum. "European Paintings by Old and Modern Masters: An Exhibition Arranged by Wildenstein and Company, Paris, London, New York," June 13–August 5, 1934, no. 17.
Montreal. W. Scott & Sons. "French Paintings by the Impressionists and Modern Artists," December 1934, no. 16.
London. Lefèvre Gallery. "French Paintings of the XIXth & XXth Centuries," August 7–29, 1942, no. 9.
London. Lefevre Gallery (Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd.). "Delacroix to Dufy: French Paintings of the 19th and 20th Centuries," June–July 1946, no. 55.
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. "Vincent van Gogh," July 3–August 4, 1957, no. 16.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Exhibition of Philadelphia Private Collectors," June 19–September 15, 1963, no catalogue.
London. Tate Gallery. "The Annenberg Collection," September 2–October 8, 1969, no. 20.
Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Masterpieces of Impressionism & Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection," May 21–September 17, 1989, unnumbered cat.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Masterpieces of Impressionism & Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection," August 16–November 11, 1990, unnumbered cat.
Washington. National Gallery of Art. "Masterpieces of Impressionism & Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection," May 6–August 5, 1990, unnumbered cat.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Masterpieces of Impressionism & Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection," June 4–October 13, 1991, unnumbered cat.
References Vincent van Gogh. Letter to Émile Bernard . [about November 20, 1889] [published in "The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh," 3 vols., Greenwich, Conn., 1958, vol. 3, pp. 522–23, 525, letter no. B21].Letter to his brother Theo . [about November 21, 1889] [published in "The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh," 3 vols., Greenwich, Conn., 1958, vol. 3, p. 233, letter no. 615].Letter to his sister Willemien . [about May 20, 1890] [published in "The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh," 3 vols., Greenwich, Conn., 1958, vol. 3, p. 469, letter no. W21].Letter to his brother Theo . [January 3, 1890] [published in "The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh," 3 vols., Greenwich, Conn., 1958, vol. 3, p. 243, letter no. 621].Art News 25 (March 19, 1927), p. 9.L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh: Catalogue Raisonné . Paris, 1928, vol. 1, p. 201–2, no. 708; vol. 2, pl. 199.Art News 29 (April 18, 1931), p. 5.Catalogue des tableaux par Vincent van Gogh décrits dans ses lettres. Périodes: St. Rémy et Auvers sur Oise . Utrecht, 1932, pp. 20, 78, 80–81, no. 8, ill.Vincent van Gogh's Great Period: Arles, St. Rémy and Auvers sur Oise (complete catalogue) . Amsterdam, 1937, pp. 210, 268, 270–71, St. Rémy no. 8, ill.Vincent van Gogh . London, [1939], pp. 498, 559, 577, 589, no. 723, ill.in 1913 Armory Show: 50th Anniversary Exhibition, 1963 . Exh. cat., Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Utica, NY. New York, 1963, p. 191.L'opera pittorica completa di Van Gogh e i suoi nessi grafici . 2, repr. [1st ed., 1966]. Milan, 1977, pp. 223–24, no. 738, ill.The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings . Amsterdam, 1970, pp. 275, 639, no. 708, ill. p. 274.The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches . [1st ed., Amsterdam, 1977]. New York, 1980, pp. 422, 424, 427, no. 1855, ill.Simiolus 11, no. 2 (1980), p. 103 n. 83.Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy and Auvers . New York, 1986, pp. 16–17, 53, 55, 58–59, 98, 160–61, 166–67, 304, 318, ill. p. 306 and fig. 37.The Story of the Armory Show . 2nd ed. [1st ed., Greenwich, Conn., 1963]. New York, 1988, p. 272, ill. p. 199 (installation).in Vincent van Gogh and the Modern Movement: 1890–1914 . Exh. cat., Museum Folkwang, Essen. Freren, Germany, 1990, pp. 158, 160.Vincent and Theo van Gogh: A Dual Biography . Trans. and rev. ed. [1st ed. Weesp, Holland, 1985]. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1990, p. 386.Beaux arts no. 92 (July–August 1991), p. 72, ill. in color, front cover, pp. 5, 62–63 (overall and details).in Masterpieces of Impressionism & Post-Impressionism: The Annenberg Collection . Exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art. Philadelphia, 1991, pp. 106–7, 199, ill. (color and b&w) [1st edition has different page numbers].Kunst, Kennis en Commercie: De Kunsthandelaar J. H. de Bois (1878–1946) . Amsterdam, 1993, p. 197, ill. pp. 44 and 197 (installation view and overall).Vincent van Gogh: A Guide to His Work and Letters . Amsterdam, 1993, pp. 17, 42, 56–57, 61, 76.The New Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches . rev. ed. Amsterdam, 1996, pp. 424, 426–27, no. 1855, ill.Art News 97 (May 1998), p. 147, ill. p. 145 (color, installation photo).in "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1998–1999." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 57 (Fall 1999), p. 46, ill. (color).Van Gogh in Provence and Auvers . [New York], 1999, pp. 248–50, ill. p. 251 (color).Van Gogh Museum Journal (2001), p. 109 n. 5.Van Gogh Museum Journal (2002), p. 137.Temps, Affect, Sensation: de Cézanne à Matisse . 1, Lille, [2003], pp. 229–30.in Van Gogh and Britain: Pioneer Collectors . Exh. cat., Compton Verney, Warwickshire. Edinburgh, 2006, p. 126.Vincent van Gogh: Painted with Words, The Letters to Émile Bernard . Exh. cat., Morgan Library & Museum. New York, 2007, pp. 345, 353 n. 15.
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