Vincent van Gogh - Stiftung Sammlung EG Bührle

Vincent van Gogh
Two Peasant Women Digging
in a Snow-Covered Field at Sunset, 1890
[The Weeders]
Oil on paper, on canvas, 49.3 x 64 cm
De la Faille no. 695
Provenance
The artist's family (1) ▪ Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (1907/1908) (2) ▪ Bernhard Koehler, Berlin (by 1912
until [d.] 1927) (3) ▪ Dr. Bernhard Koehler, Berlin (1927–1942) (4) ▪ Private collection (5) ▪ Emil
Bührle, Zurich (25 March 1949 until [d.] 28 November 1956) (6) ▪ Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle
to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, no. 55 (1960).
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) Internationale Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, (exh. cat.)
Städtische Ausstellungshalle am Aachener Tor, Cologne 1912, no. 41.
(4) Son of the above, AStEGB, Handwritten declaration, signed by Dr. Bernhard Köhler: "Das aus meine
Sammlung stammende Ölgemälde des Vincent van Gogh 'Les Sarcleuses' (d'après Millet) habe ich im Jahre
1942 verkauft, 25. Mai 1948"; Handwritten confirmation of the above declaration, 5 May 1949, signed by Dr.
Bernhard Köhler: "Ich bestätige meine Erklärung vom 25. Mai 1948 als authentisch und richtig, 5. März
1949".
(5) 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.
(6) Acquired anonymously from a client of S.A. Banque et 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 to them
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, "dass das Bild
von van Gogh 'Die Grabenden' vor längerer Zeit ordnungsgemäss verkauft worden ist"; Receipt for
CHF 110.000, 25 March 1949, signed by Mr. Mühlemann [acting on behalf of S.A. de Banque et de Placement,
Geneva].
Exhibitions
Cent tableaux de Vincent van Gogh, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris 1908, no. 89. ▪ Internationale
Kunstausstellung des Sonderbundes westdeutscher Kunstfreunde und Künstler, Städtische
Ausstellungshalle am Aachener Tor, Cologne 1912, no. 41. ▪ International 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. ▪
Vincent van Gogh, Gemälde, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin 1928, no. 75. ▪ L'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. ▪ Europäische Kunst 13.–20. Jahrhundert aus Zürcher Sammlungen, Kunsthaus Zurich
1950, p. 28. ▪ Vincent van Gogh, Dipinti e disegni, Palazzo Reale, Milan 1952, no. 112. ▪ Falsch oder
echt?, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung (Kunstmuseum) Basel; Kunsthaus Zurich 1953 (exhibited in
Zurich only, not in catalogue). ▪ Copier, créer, De Turner à Picasso, 300 œuvres inspirées par les
maîtres du Louvre, Louvre, Paris 1993, no. 319. ▪ Van Gogh, Felder, Das Mohnfeld und der
Künstlerstreit, Kunsthalle Bremen 2002–03, no. 32. ▪ Vincent van Gogh, Timeless Country, Modern
City (Campagna senza tempo, città moderna), Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome 2010–11, no. 85. ▪
1912, Mission Moderne, Die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
2012, no. 14. ▪ Von Matisse zum Blauen Reiter, Expressionismus in Deutschland und Frankreich,
Kunsthaus Zurich 2014, no. 33.
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References
Julius Meier-Graefe, Vincent, Munich 1921, vol. 2, fig. 86. ▪ Jacob-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). ▪ Willem 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). ▪ René Huyghe, "Vincent van Gogh, Sa vie et son œuvre", in L'Amour de l'art
1937, fig. 11. ▪ Jacob-Baart de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh, Paris 1939, no. 718 (ill.). ▪ Marco
Valsecchi, Van Gogh, Milan 1952, fig. 24. ▪ John Rewald, Post-Impressionism, From Van Gogh to
Gauguin, New York 1956, p. 376 (ill.; 2London 1978, p. 348 [ill.], & various translations and
editions). ▪ Charles 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. ▪ Jacob-Baart de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings,
Amsterdam 1970, no. F 695 (ill.). ▪ Paolo 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). ▪ Jan 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). ▪ Ronald Pickvance,
Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy and Auvers, (exh. cat.) Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 1986–87, p.
318. ▪ Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, The Reception of Van Gogh in
Germany from 1901 to 1914, Zwolle 1988, p. 114 (ill.). ▪ Rainer 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). ▪
Jan 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. ▪ Silvia 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. ▪ Chris Stolwijk,
Han Veenenbos, The Account Book of Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam & Leiden
2002, p. 185 (ill.). ▪ Stefan 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. ▪
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh, Die Gemälde 1886–1890, Händler, Sammler, Ausstellungen,
Die frühen Provenienzen, Wädenswil 2009, p. 202 (ill.). ▪ Vincent van Gogh, The Letters, The
Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition, Leo Jansen etc. (eds.), London & New York 2010, vol. 5,
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence–Auvers-sur-Oise, 1889–1890, entry for no. 864, fig. 5. ▪ Timothy 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.).
Catalogues of the Bührle Collection: 1966 & 1971, no. 55; 73/86, no. 88; 1994/95, p. 45; 2004/05:
no. 131. ▪ Exhibitions of the Bührle Collection: Zürich 1958, no. 245; Munich 1958–59, no. 76, Zurich
2010, no. 55. ▪ Articles on the Bührle Collection: Wehrli 1963, p. 221.
Catalogues, exhibitions and articles cited in full see http://www.buehrle.ch/pdf/egbcat.pdf.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
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