Edge of a Wheat Field with Poppies
1887
Artist
- Vincent van Gogh, Dutch, 1853-1890
- Born: Zundert, Netherlands
- Work Locations: Brussels, Belgium, Paris, France, Arles, France
Country
Netherlands
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas on pasteboard
Accession Number
2021.436
Credit Line
Frederic C. Hamilton Collection
Vincent van Gogh, Edge of a Wheat Field with Poppies, 1887. Oil paint on canvas on pasteboard; 15 ¾ × 12 ¾ in. (40 × 32.4 cm). Frederic C. Hamilton Collection, 2021.436
Dimensions
image height: 15.75 in, 40.005 cm; image width: 12.75 in, 32.385 cm; frame height: 25 5/8 in, 65.0875 cm; frame width: 22 3/4 in, 57.785 cm; frame depth: 4 in, 10.16 cm
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Vincent Willem van Gogh [1890–1978], Haarlem. Mrs. Johanna van Gogh-Bonger [1862–1925], Amsterdam. W. P. Ingenegeren [1853–1930], Utrecht. (Frederik Muller & Co., Amsterdam), April 9–10, 1918, no. 117. d’Audretsch Art Gallery, The Hague, (H. E.[Herman] d’Audretsch [1872–1966]). N. Eisenloeffel Art Gallery (Nico Eisenloeffel, [1881–1974]), Amsterdam. Dr. William Jacob Herman [1891-1935] and Susan Evarts Herman [1984-1964], Boston, MA, about 1928 to about 1977. John T. Dorrance, Jr. [1919–1989], Pennsylvania; (Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York), 1987; (Edobori Gallery, Osaka, Japan), 1987. Private collection, Japan, by 1996. Sotheby’s New York, Impressionist and Modern Art, Part I, May 13, 1997, lot 23 (repr.). Frederic C. Hamilton [1927–2016], Denver, CO, by 2012; Gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 2021.
Exhibition History
- "Tentoonstelling van schilderijen en teekeningen door Vincent van Gogh" ("exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Vincent van Gogh")—Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 07/1905 - 08/1905, no. 34
- "Becoming Van Gogh"—Denver Art Museum, 10/21/2012 - 01/20/2013
- "Nature as Muse: Impressionist Landscapes from the Frederic C. Hamilton Collection and the Denver Art Museum"—Denver Art Museum, 10/27/2013 - 02/09/2014