Orchard with Arles in the Background
Artist
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch, 1853 - 1890
Date1888
Place of OriginFrance
MediumReed pen, pen, ink and graphite on laid paper
DimensionsSheet: 21 x 15 3/8 in. (53.3 x 39.1 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 28 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 1/2 in. (72.7 x 54.9 x 1.3 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 28 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 1/2 in. (72.7 x 54.9 x 1.3 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde
Object number1971.81
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DescriptionView of a corner of an orchard with a stone wall in the background, beyond which appear two towers in the town of Arles, one belonging to the Romanesque Church of St. Trophime and the other the Town Hall of Arles. It appears to be early spring. The tree in the foreground is bare of leaves although those in the background have indications of foliage or blossoms, also, there are what appear to be dandelions in the grass of the foreground.- Works on Paper
Several opinions of the date of the drawing are published, however, recent scholarship based on a reconsideration of Van Gogh's letters, leans strongly toward late March or early April, 1888. Van Gogh arrived in Arles on Feb. 19 and departed on May 8, 1888. (Dumas et al, Royal Academy, 2010)
According to De la Faille, the brown ink color seen at present was originally "lilac" (1928, reprinted 1992, no. 1516), also called "violet" in Heenk, 1995, p. 176, and Pickvance, 1984 as cited in Ives and Stein, MMA, 2005, p. 156 [catalog no. 44, the entry for the Hyde drawing]. Heenk's description adds "Like several other early drawings after nature. (The drawing) is made with a perspective frame. Aiding lines are still visible on the paper. The violet ink which so easily faded is applied with a quill and reed pen over a pencil armature. On top of it some black ink is visible." See Conservation for further discussion of ink color and Van Gogh's use of a chemically-derived colorant methyl violet in his drawings.
Exhibition HistoryLeiden, 1893;
Groningen, 1897;
Amsterdam, Exposition Musée Municipal, 1905, no. 365.
Utrecht, Voor der Kunst, Feb.- Mar. 1923.
"Van Gogh", Rotterdamsche Kunstkring, Rotterdam, Mar. 1923, no. 65.
Leicester Galleries, London, Dec. 1923, no. 10.
Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Fifth-fifth Autumn Exhibition, 1927, no. 1075
"Vincent van Gogh," Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1935, no. 117.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN. (label on frame).
"Masters of Landscape East and West," Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Rochester, NY, Utica, NY, 1963, p. 61, repr.
"The Genius of van Gogh," Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, May 9- June 13, 1982.
"Vincent Van Gogh in Arles," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 3 - Dec. 10, 1984,
"Vincent van Gogh, 1990", Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller--Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam, Otterlo, Netherlands, Mar. 30- July 29, 1990, (drawings exhibited at Otterlo, paintings at Amsterdam).
"Select Drawings from the Permanent Collection," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Nov. 14, 1998 - Jan. 24, 1999.
"Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings", Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 12 - Dec. 31, 2005.
"Drawn from Life and Legend: European Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, May 19- Sept. 23, 2007.
"The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters", Royal Academy of Arts, London, England, January 23 - April 18, 2010.
"Becoming Van Gogh: His Years in Paris, 1886-1888", Denver Museum of Art, Denver, October 20, 2012-January 20, 2013.
"Deux Enfantes Terribles", The Hyde Collection, Rotunda Gallery September 21, 2017-October 22, 2017
West Meets East: Prints from the Permanent Collection, Wood Gallery, The Hyde Collection, November 4, 2018 - December 30, 2018
"Van Gogh and His Inspirations", Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia SC, October 4, 2019- - January 12, 2020
"Masterpieces & Mysteries", Hoopes Gallery, May 1 - October 31, 2021
"Van Gogh in America", Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit MI, October 2 - January 22, 2023
Provenance1888, Theo van Gogh
1891, Vincent Willem van Gogh (by inheritance)
1891, London, England, Leicester Galleries
1924, Oxford, England, Sir Michael Ernest Sadler
?, Germany, private collection
by 1935, New York, NY, Mrs. Cornelius J. Sullivan
1939, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.
1939, Glens Falls, NY, Mrs. Charlotte P.Hyde
1963, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust (Bequest of Charlotte P. Hyde)
