Emil Bührle Collection

Vincent van Gogh

Two Peasant Women

1890

Deux Paysannes

Oil on paper, on canvas

49.3 x 64 cm

De la Faille 695

Vergrössern

Drucken

Provenance

1The artist’s family For the succession upon the death of the artist, see Chris Stolwijk, Han Veenenbos, The Account Book of Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam & Leiden 2002, pp. 21–22.

2Bernheim-Jeune Paris • 1907/1908 Acquired from the above in April 1907, Stolwijk, Veenenbos as above, entry 17/1; (exh. cat.) Cent tableaux de Vincent van Gogh, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris 1908, no. 89.

3Bernhard Koehler Berlin • by 1912 until [d.] 1927 Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, (exh. cat.) Städtische Ausstellungshalle am Aachener Tor, Cologne 1912, no. 41.

4Dr. Bernhard Koehler Berlin • 1927–1942 Son of the above, AStEGB, Handwritten declaration, dated 25 May 1948, signed by Dr. Bernhard Koehler and confirming that Koehler had sold the painting in 1942; Handwritten confirmation of the above declaration, dated 5 May 1949 and signed by Dr. Bernhard Koehler.

5Private collection AStEGB, Correspondence between S.A. de Banque et de Placements, Geneva, acting on behalf of an undisclosed client, and Emil Bührle, 18 December 1948–25 March 1949.

6Emil Bührle Zurich • 25 March 1949 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired anonymously from a client of S.A. de Banque et de Placements, Geneva, for CHF 110.000, based upon written declaration of previous owner Dr. Bernhard Köhler, Berlin/Neukölln, 25 May 1948, that sale of the painting in 1942 was rightful, AStEGB, 2 handwritten declarations as above, n. (5), attached a typewritten note by Dr. O. Maurer [Secretary General of Oerlikon Bührle & Co.], Zurich, 25 March 1949, recording a message from Dr. F. Nathan, St. Gall, with confirmation via Dr. [Ludwig] Grote that the sale of the painting had been legitimate; Receipt for CHF 110.000, 25 March 1949, signed by Mr. Mühlemann [acting on behalf of S.A. de Banque et de Placements, Geneva].

7Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 55.

AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich

Exhibitions

1908Cent tableaux de Vincent van Gogh Galerie Bernheim-Jeune • Paris • 1908 no. 89.

1912Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler Städtische Ausstellungshalle am Aachener Tor • Cologne • 1912 no. 41.

1913International Exhibition of Modern Art Association of American Painters and Sculptors (69th Infantry Regiment Armory), New York 1913 • (Art Institute), Chicago 1913 • (Copley Society of Boston, Copley Hall), Boston 1913 not in cat.

1928Vincent van Gogh, Gemälde Galerie Paul Cassirer • Berlin • 1928 no. 75.

1937L’Œuvre et la vie de Vincent Van Gogh Exposition Internationale (Musée d’art Moderne/Palais de Tokyo, Aile Ville de Paris) • Paris • 1937 no. 11.

1950Europäische Kunst 13.–20. Jahrhundert aus Zürcher Sammlungen Kunsthaus Zurich • 1950 p. 28.

1952Vincent van Gogh, Dipinti e disegni Palazzo Reale • Milan • 1952 no. 112.

1953Falsch oder echt? Öffentliche Kunstsammlung (Kunstmuseum) Basel • Kunsthaus Zurich • 1953 (exhibited in Zurich only, not in catalogue).

1958Sammlung Emil G. Bührle, Festschrift zu Ehren von Emil G. Bührle zur Eröffnung des Kunsthaus-Neubaus und Katalog der Sammlung Emil G. Bührle Kunsthaus Zurich • 1958 no. 245.

1958Hauptwerke der Sammlung Emil Georg Bührle–Zürich Haus der Kunst • Munich • 1958–59 no. 76.

1993Copier, créer, De Turner à Picasso, 300 œuvres inspirées par les maîtres du Louvre Louvre • Paris • 1993 no. 319.

2002Van Gogh, Felder, Das Mohnfeld und der Künstlerstreit Kunsthalle Bremen • 2002–03 no. 32.

2010Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Die Sammlung Bührle zu Gast im Kunsthaus Zürich Kunsthaus Zurich • 2010 no. 55.

2010Vincent van Gogh, Timeless Country, Modern City (Campagna senza tempo, città moderna) Complesso del Vittoriano • Rome • 2010–11 no. 85.

20121912, Mission Moderne, Die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes Wallraf-Richartz-Museum • Cologne • 2012 no. 14.

2014Von Matisse zum Blauen Reiter, Expressionismus in Deutschland und Frankreich Kunsthaus Zurich • 2014 no. 33.

2017Calme et Exaltation, Van Gogh dans la Collection Bührle; Calm and Exaltation, Van Gogh in the Bührle Collection Fondation Vincent van Gogh • Arles • 2017 no. 7.

2018Bührle Collection: Impressionist Masterpieces from the E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich (Switzerland) National Art Center, Tokyo • Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka • Nagoya City Art Museum • 2018 no. 47.

2024 Matthew Wong – Vincent van Gogh Kunsthaus • Zürich • 2024-2025 no. 1

References

1921Julius Meier-Graefe Vincent  Munich • 1921 • vol. 2, fig. 86.

1928Jacob-Baart de la Faille L’œuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalogue raisonné  Paris & Brussels • 1928 • vol. 1 Tableaux, texte no. 695 • vol. 2 Tableaux, planches fig. 195 (bottom left).

1937Willem Scherjon • Willem Josyah de Gruyter Vincent van Gogh’s Great Period, Arles, St-Rémy and Auvers-sur-Oise (Complete Catalogue)  Amsterdam • 1937 • p. 348 (ill. top).

1937René Huyghe «Vincent van Gogh, Sa vie et son œuvre» in L’Amour de l’art  1937 • fig. 11.

1939Jacob-Baart de la Faille Vincent van Gogh  Paris • 1939 • no. 718 (ill.).

1952Marco Valsecchi Van Gogh  Milan • 1952 • fig. 24.

1956John Rewald Post-Impressionism, From Van Gogh to Gauguin  New York • 1956 • p. 376 (ill.;  2London 1978, p. 348 [ill.], & various translations and editions).

1963René Wehrli «Emil G. Bührle, Zurich, French Nineteenth-Century Paintings» in Great Private Collections  Douglas Cooper (ed.) • New York • 1963 • p. 221.

1970Charles Chetham The Role of Vincent van Gogh’s Copies in the Development of His Art  (Diss. Harvard University, Cambridge Massachusetts 1960) • London & New York • 1970 • pp. 191–192, fig. 130.

1970Jacob-Baart de la Faille The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings  Amsterdam • 1970 • no. F 695 (ill.).

1971Paolo Lecaldano L’opera pittorica completa di Van Gogh e i suoi nessi grafici  vol. 2 Da Arles a Auvers  Milan • 1971 • no. 774 • (ill.; 21977; French edition: Tout l’œuvre peint de Vincent van Gogh, vol. 2, Paris 1971 • German edition: Das gemalte Gesamtwerk des Van Gogh, vol. 2, Von Arles bis Auvers, Lucerne etc. 1971 • Spanish edition: La obra pictórica completa de Van Gogh, vol. 2, Barcelona 1971).

1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle • Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle • Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection  Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no. 88 (ill.; 21986).

1977Jan Hulsker Van Gogh en zijn weg, Het complete werk  Amsterdam • 1977 • no. 1923 (ill.), fig. 38 (21979, 31985, 41985, 51986, 61989; English edition: The Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Oxford & New York 1980).

1986Ronald Pickvance Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy and Auvers  (exh. cat.) • Metropolitan Museum of Art • New York • 1986–87 • p. 318.

1988Milton Brown The Story of the Armory Show New York • 1988 • p. 237, no. 434 (with wrong F.-no.).

1988Walter Feilchenfeldt Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, The Reception of Van Gogh in Germany from 1901 to 1914  Zwolle • 1988 • p. 114 (ill.).

1989Rainer Metzger • Ingo F. Walther Vincent van Gogh, Sämtliche Gemälde  Cologne • 1989 • vol. 2 • Arles, Februar 1888–Auvers-sur-Oise, Juli 1890, p. 620 (ill.; 21993; 32001; Hungarian edition: Van Gogh, A festői életmű, Budapest 2005).

1994Emil Maurer Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Zürich  Bern • 1994 • p. 45 (English edition: Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Bern 1995).

1996Jan Hulsker The New Complete Van Gogh, Enlarged Edition of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Vincent van Gogh  Amsterdam & Philadelphia • 1996 • no. 1923 (ill.), fig. 38.

2001Silvia Schmidt-Bauer «Die Sammlung Bernhard Koehler» in Die Moderne und ihre Sammler, Französische Kunst in deutschem Privatbesitz vom Kaiserreich zur Weimarer Republik  Berlin • 2001 • p. 273.

2002Chris Stolwijk • Han Veenenbos The Account Book of Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger  Amsterdam & Leiden • 2002 • p. 185 (ill.).

2004Lukas Gloor • Marco Goldin (ed.) Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue  vol. 3 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2004 • no. 131 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).

2007Stefan Koldehoff «Van Gogh in Germany until 1918, Catalogue of Collections and Exhibitions» in Van Gogh and Expressionism (exh. cat.) • Neue Galerie • New York • 2007 • p. 170.

2009Walter Feilchenfeldt Vincent van Gogh, Die Gemälde 1886–1890, Händler, Sammler, Ausstellungen, Die frühen Provenienzen  Wädenswil • 2009 • p. 202 (ill.).

2010Leo Jansen etc. (eds.) Vincent van Gogh, The Letters, The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition  London & New York • 2010 • vol. 5 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence–Auvers-sur-Oise, 1889–1890  entry for no. 864, fig. 5.

2014Timothy O. Benson «Expressionism in Germany and France» in Expressionism in Germany and France, From Van Gogh to Kandinsky  (exh. cat.) • Los Angeles County Museum of Art etc. • 2014–15 • pp. 56–57 (ill.).

2016Sjraar van Heugten Van Gogh in Provence, Modernizing Tradition  (exh. cat.) • Fondation Vincent van Gogh • Arles • 2016 • pp. 112–113, fig. 85 (French edition: Van Gogh en Provence: la tradition modernisée).

2017Sjraar van Heugten «Vincent van Gogh and the seasons: Images of nature and humanity» in Van Gogh and the Seasons  (exh. cat.) • National Gallery of Victoria • Melbourne • 2017 • p. 54 (ill. top).

2021Lukas Gloor «The Holdings of the Emil Bührle Collection: Illustrated List of All 633 Purchases» in The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich (ed.) • Munich • 2021 • no. 170 (ill.).