Artwork Details
30 x 37-1/2 in. (canvas) 39-1/2 x 46-7/8 x 4-1/4 in. (framed, Optium)
Accession NumberGift of Mrs. James W. Fesler in memory of Daniel W. and Elizabeth C. Marmon
CopyrightEuropean Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color PaletteProvenance
Provenance
By inheritance to the artist's brother Theo van Gogh [d.1891]; to his wife, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger;{1} sold to (Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Germany) in May 1905;{2} sold to Robert von Mendelssohn [1857-1917], Berlin, Germany;{3} by inheritance to his widow Giulietta von Mendelssohn, Berlin-Grunewald; to her children Eleonora [1900-1951] and Francesco [1901-1972], Berlin, New York;{4} on consignment to (J.K. Thannhauser, New York, New York).{5} probably directly to (Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York);{6} sold by them to Mrs. James W. Fesler (Caroline Marmon Fesler), Indianapolis, Indiana; given to the John Herron Art Institute, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in the same month.{7} {1} After the death of Theo, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger's brother Andries Bonger, made an inventory list of 311 works in his sister's possession. Landscape at Saint-Rémy is identified as no. 309 on this list; see documentation provided by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh & Paul Cassirer, Berlin: The Reception of van Gogh in Germany from 1901 to 1914 (Cahier Vincent 2), Zwolle 1988: p. 109. {2} Johanna van Gogh-Bonger's list of works destined for Cassirer in Berlin; see facsimile in Feilchenfeldt, p. 80. Paul Cassirer's stockbook records the purchase of this canvas along with eight others in May 1905; see facsimile in Feilchenfeldt, p. 18. {3} Paul Cassirer's stockbook records the sale of this canvas to Mendelssohn in May 1905; photocopy courtesy of Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich, October 2003. {4} Eleonora emigrated to the United States in 1935 and became a citizen; Francesco emigrated in 1933; information provided in correspondence with Hans-Günter Klein, Mendelssohn-Archiv, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, May 2003. {5} Janet Briner of the Silva-Casa Foundation in Geneva, in a letter of 20 May 2004, confirms that this painting is listed as # 2054 in the Works of art on consignment index cards in the Archives Justin K. Thannhauser (owner: Francesco and Eleonora von Mendelssohn; their agent: Fredrick Kempner). {6} Many dealers in New York knew of this painting and the von Mendelssohns' interest in selling it. Kempner's correspondence with the von Mendelssohns between June 1942 and June 1943 confirms that the painting was on consignment to Thannhauser, see Eleonora Mendelssohn Papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library, Box 8, folder 8. Despite the fact that Paul Rosenberg & Co. has been listed on occasion as a gallery through which this painting passed, a phone conversation with Elaine Rosenberg in October 2003 indicates that this was not the case. {7} Bill of sale in IMA Historical File (44.74).
Gallery Labels
Gallery Labels
Van Gogh's spirituality and intense identification with the forces of nature transformed his views of the landscape into powerful personal expressions. Symbols of the artist's pantheistic beliefs, the ploughed terrain and rugged mountain peaks pulsate with a fertile inner life, charged by the picture's dynamic brushwork, rich surface texture, and varied colors.
This canvas was painted in the Provençal town of Saint-Rémy, as Van Gogh recuperated from a nervous breakdown suffered on Christmas Eve, 1888, during Gauguin's fateful visit. It is one of four views of a walled wheat field executed in the autumn of 1889.
Exhibition History
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Van Gogh and the Olive Groves
Dallas Museum of Art
October 17, 2021 - February 6, 2022
Van Gogh and Nature
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
June 14, 2015 - September 13, 2015
The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters
The Royal Academy of Arts London
January 23, 2010 - April 18, 2010
Painted with Words: Viincent Van Gogh's Letters to Emile Bernard, 1887-1889
The Pierpont Morgan Library
September 28, 2007 - January 6, 2008
Van Gogh: Fields
Toledo Museum of Art
February 21, 2003 - May 18, 2003
Millet - Van Gogh
Musée d'Orsay
September 17, 1998 - January 3, 1999
A Shared Heritage: Art by Four African Americans
Indianapolis Museum of Art
February 24, 1996 - April 2, 1996
Vincent Van Gogh 1990
Rijksmuseum
March 30, 1990 - July 29, 1990
Van Gogh in Saint Remy and Auvers
Metropolitan Museum of Art
October 27, 1986 - March 22, 1987
Tribute to Caroline Marmon Fesler, Collector
John Herron Art Institute and Museum
November 15, 1961 - December 17, 1961
The Art and Life of Vincent Van Gogh: Exhibition in aid of American and Dutch War Relief
Wildenstein & Company, Inc.
October 6, 1943 - November 7, 1943
Paintings by Vincent Van Gogh
Worcester Art Museum
October 28, 1942 - November 28, 1942
Paintings by Vincent Van Gogh
Baltimore Museum of Art
September 18, 1942 - October 18, 1942
European and American Painting 1500 -1900
1940 - 1940
Erste Sonderausstellung in Berlin
January 9, 1927 - February 15, 1927
Exhibition
1921 - 1921
Related Content
Learn more about Reaper, the painting Van Gogh intended to compliment with Landscape at Saint-Rémy, as well as more about his life in the mental hospital in Saint-Rémy from the Van Gogh Museum’s website.
See the room and view Van Gogh had during his time at Saint Paul de Mausole from the Van Gogh Gallery website.
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