Harvest--The Plain of La Crau

1888

Vincent van Gogh

Associated Names
Vincent van Gogh

Artist, Dutch, 1853 - 1890

This drawing shows a landscape with fields extending towards the horizon. Hills, trees, and buildings are visible in the distance under a dotted sky. The fields are drawn in different sections, with areas of dots, short vertical marks, and small piles of overlapping lines. Among these sections are also haystacks, carts, and simply drawn people walking among the fields and rows of crops in the distance. The lines are varying shades of brown against off-white paper.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gift 1888 from the artist to John Peter Russell [1858-1931], Belle-Isle-en-Mer; (sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 31 March 1920, no. 63); (Le Garrec Art Gallery, Paris); (d'Audretsch Art Gallery, The Hague); (Lutz Art Gallery, Berlin); Georg S. Hirschland [1885 -1942], Essen and later New York; by descent to his nephew Richard S. Hirschland [1913-1960], Englewood, NJ; (Hector Brame, Paris), 1965; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, 1965; gift to NGA, 1992.

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Exhibition History

1948

  • Work by Vincent Van Gogh, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1948.

1951

  • Vincent van Gogh, Contemporary Arts Association of Houston, TX, 1951, no. 14, repro.

1966

  • French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 239, repro.

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, 1974, p. 123-124 A

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 104.

1991

  • Art for the Nation, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1991, pp. 232-233, repro.

1999

  • An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2005

  • Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2005 (not exhibited at Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).

2008

  • Van Gogh: Heartfelt Lines, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 2008.

2010

  • Vincent van Gogh: Timeless Country - Modern City, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, 2010-2011.

2013

  • Van Gogh at Work, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2013, fig. 237 (unnumbered catalog).

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2016.

Bibliography

1966

  • Roskill, Mark. "Van Gogh's 'Blue Cart' and His Creative Process." Oud Holland 81, no. 1 (1966): 3-8, 13 (illustrated p. 11, fig. 4).

1970

  • Faille, Jacob Baart de la. The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings. Revised ed. Amsterdam, 1970: no. 1486.

1980

  • Hulsker, Jan. The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, drawings, sketches. New York, 1980: 344, 346, 350, no. 1527.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 683, no. 1097, color repro.

1992

  • Faille, Jacob Baart de la. Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper. San Francisco, 1992: no. 1486 and plate CLXVI

1997

  • Sotheby's, London, 24 June 1997, under lot 7, fig. 3 (caption is switched with fig. 4).

2003

  • "Impressionist and Modern Art, Part One," Sotheby's, New York, 5 November 2003, 28, 30, fig. 30 (under lot 6).

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink: Vincent

Wikidata ID

Q64633808

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