Vincent Van Gogh

Theo van Gogh, Paris (acquired by descent from the artist)

Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam (acquired by descent from the above)

Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren (acquired by descent from the above)

Antonio Mancini, Paris (probably acquired through Julien Tanguy)

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired from the above on 6 April 1907)

Galerie Paul Vallotton, Lausanne (acquired in 1916)

Galerie Tanner, Zurich (acquired in 1916)

Dr. Georg Boner, Baden and Zurich (acquired from the above in 1918)

Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired by descent from the above)

Christie’s, London, 27 June 1988, lot 17 (consigned by the above)

Robert Holmes à Court, Perth (acquired at the above sale)

Acquired from the above through Richard L. Feigen & Co. on 17 February 1994 by the present owner

Paris, Pavillon de la Ville, IV Exposition de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, 1888, no. 658 (titled Romans Parisiens)

Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Fleurs et Natures Mortes, 1907, no. 27 (titled Les livres)

Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, Cent Tableaux de Vincent van Gogh, 1908, no. 32 (titled Les livres)

Berlin, Ausstellungshaus am Kurfürstendamm, Achtzehnten Austellung der Berliner Secession, 1909, illustrated (titled Bücher)

Paris, Galerie E. Druet, Cinquante Tableaux de Vincent van Gogh, 1909, no. 8 (titled Les Livres)

Paris, Galerie Bernheim Jeune, L’Eau, 1911, no. 22 (titled Les livres)

Berlin, Paul Cassirer, Cologne, Kölner Kunstverein and Hamburg, Galerie Commeter, Vincent van Gogh, 1914, no. 98, illustrated (titled Die Bücher and dated 1888)

Kunsthaus Zürich, Ausstellung, 1916, no. 197 (titled Les livres jaunes)

Kunsthalle Basel, Vincent van Gogh, 1924, no. 24, p. 7 (titled Die Bücher)

Kunsthaus Zürich, Vincent van Gogh, 1924, no. 22, p. 15 (titled Stilleben, Bücher)

Berlin, Galerie Matthiesen, Das Stilleben in der deutschen und französischen Malerei von 1850 bis zur Gegenwart, 1927, no. 124, p. 49; p. 91, illustrated (titled Bücher mit Rose)

Paris, La Gazette des Beaux-Arts et Beaux-Arts, La Peinture française du XIX^e siècle en Suisse, 1938, no. 125, pp. 57-58; pl. XLIII, illustrated (titled Les Livres Jaunes (Romans Parisiens))

Kunsthalle Basel, Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890, 1947, no. 43, p. 23 (titled Romans Parisiens)

Paris, Petit Palais, De Géricault à Matisse, chefs d’oeuvre français des collections suisses, 1959, no. 65 (titled Les livres jaunes (romans parisiens))

Aarau, Aargauer Kunstverein, Aus Aargauischen Privatbesitz 1. Teil. von den Impressionisten bis zur Gegenwart, 1960, no. 142 (titled Les livres jaunes)

Lausanne, Palais de Beaulieu, Chefs-d’Oeuvre des Collections Suisses de Manet à Picasso, 1964, no. 112, illustrated (titled Les livres jaunes (romans parisiens))

Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Chefs-d’Oeuvre des collections suisses de Manet à Picasso, 1967, no. 101, illustrated (titled Les livres jaunes (romans parisiens))

Paris, Musée d’Orsay, Van Gogh à Paris, 1988, no. 56, pp. 13, 140, 151 and 158; p. 152, illustrated in color (titled Romans parisiens)

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh Paintings, 1990, no. 29, p. 88; p. 89, illustrated in color (titled Still Life with Books and dated winter 1887-88)

Essen, Museum Folkwang and Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Vincent van Gogh and the Modern Movement, 1890-1914, 1990-91, no. 17, pp. 90-91; p. 92, illustrated in color (titled Still-life: Romans parisiens with a Rose and dated 1887-88)

The Art Institute of Chicago and Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh and Gauguin, The Studio of the South, 2001-02, no. 25, p. 91, illustrated in color (Chicago only)

London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters, 2010, no. 123, pp. 226-27, illustrated in color (titled Romans Parisiens (Les Livres Jaunes))

The Art Institute of Chicago, Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, 2016, n.n., pl. 9, illustrated in color (titled Parisian Novels)

Néo (Paul Signac), “IVe Exposition des Artistes Indépendants,” Le Cri du Peuple, 29 March 1888

Gustave Geffroy, “Pointillé Cloisonnisme,” La Justice, 11 April 1888, no. 3010 (titled Romans parisiens)

Jules Christophe, “Le Néoimpressionisme au Pavillon de la Ville de Paris,” Journal des artistes, 6 May 1888, p. 148

Julius Elias, “Das Zehnte Berliner Sezessionsjahr,” Kunst und Künstler, Berlin, June 1909, p. 402, illustrated (titled Bücher)

Kurt Pfister, Vincent van Gogh, Potsdam, 1922, pl. 25, illustrated (titled Bücher)

Gustave Coquiot, Vincent van Gogh, Paris, 1923, p. 136 (titled Les Livres ou Romans parisiens)

Théodore Duret, Van Gogh, Paris, 1924, pl. IV, illustrated (titled Les Livres)

Jacob-Baart de la Faille, L’Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1928, no. 359, vol. I, p. 101; vol. II, pl. XCVII, illustrated (titled Les Livres jaunes (romans parisiens))

Beeldende Kunst, vol. XV, no. 76, circa 1929, n.p., illustrated

Archibald Standish Hartrick, A Painter’s Pilgrimage Through Fifty Years, Cambridge, 1939, p. 46 (titled Romans Parisiens) 

Jacob-Baart de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh, New York, 1939, no. 231, p. 184, illustrated

A.M. Rosset, Van Gogh, Paris, 1941, pl. 42, illustrated (titled Les Livres jaunes: Romans parisiens)

Carl Nordenfalk, “Van Gogh and Literature,” Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institute, vol. X, 1947, pp. 142-3f, pl. 37b, illustrated (titled Parisian Novels)

Georg Schmidt, Van Gogh, Bern, 1947, pl. 15, n.p., illustrated (titled Die Gelben Bücher)

Jean Leymarie, Van Gogh, Paris, 1951, pl. 29, illustrated; p. 99 (titled Les livres jaunes (Romans Parisiens))

Werner Weisbach, Vincent van Gogh, Kunst und Schicksal, vol. II, Basel, 1951, p. 41; pl. 22, illustrated (titled Stilleben mit Büchern)

Lawrence and Elisabeth Hanson, Portrait of Vincent, a van Gogh Biography, London, 1955, pp. 175-76 (titled Romans Parisiens)

Exh. Cat., London, Marlborough Fine Art, Van Gogh’s Life in his Drawings; Van Gogh’s Relationship with Signac, 1962, pp. 92-93

Pierre Cabanne, Van Gogh, London, 1963, p. 96 (titled The Yellow Books (Parisian Novels))

Phoebe Pool, Impressionism, New York and Washington, D.C., 1967, pl. 165, p. 213, illustrated in color; pp. 214 and 279 (titled The Yellow Books, Parisian Novels)

Jean Leymarie, Who was Van Gogh?, Geneva, 1968, p. 75, illustrated (titled The Yellow Books (Parisian Novels))

Marc Edo Tralbaut, Vincent van Gogh, New York, 1969, p. 202 (titled Yellow Books)

Jacob-Baart de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, New York, 1970, no. 359, pp. 168-69, illustrated (titled Still Life: Romans Parisiens with a Rose)

Mark Roskill, Van Gogh, Gauguin and the Impressionist Circle, Greenwich, 1970, p. 151 (titled French Novels)

Françoise Cachin, Paul Signac, Greenwich, 1971, p. 7; fig. 31, p. 43, illustrated (titled Parisian Novels)

Jan Hulsker, Van Gogh door van Gogh. De brieven als commentaar op zijn werk, Amsterdam, 1973

Donald E. Gordon, Modern Art Exhibitions 1900-1916, Munich, 1974, vol. I, pp. 158 and 303, illustrated; vol. II, pp. 233, 244, 493 and 828

Pablo Lecaldano, L’Opera pittorica completa di van Gogh, vol. I, Milan, 1977, no. 447, p. 118, illustrated; pl. LX, illustrated in color (titled Natura morta (libri, bicchiere con rose))

Jan Hulsker, The Complete van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1980, no. 1332, p. 295; p. 300, illustrated (titled Piles of French Novels and a Glass with a Rose (Romans Parisiens) and dated October-December 1887)

Exh. Cat., Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario and Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh and the Birth of Cloisonism, 1981, fig. 18, p. 33, illustrated; pp. 116-18 (titled Still Life: Parisian Novels with a Rose)

Evert van Uitert, “Van Gogh’s Concept of His Oeuvre,” Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art, vol. XII, no. 4, 1981-82, fig. 2, p. 227, illustrated (titled Romans Parisiens)

Evert van Uitert, “Vincent van Gogh in Creative Competition,” Simiolus, 1983, p. 74f, illustrated

Susan Alyson Stein, ed., Van Gogh, A Retrospective, New York, 1986, pp. 82, 156, 176 and 284; p. 118, pl. 38, illustrated in color (titled Romans Parisiens)

Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cassirer, Berlin, The Reception of van Gogh in Germany from 1901-1914, Amsterdam, 1988, no. F359, p. 90 (titled Still life: romans Parisiens with a rose)

Jean Monneret, Vincent van Gogh au Salon des Independants en 1888 - 1889 - 1890 et 1891, Paris, 1990, pp. 58 and 60; p. 59, illustrated in color (titled Romans parisiens)

Giovanni Testori and Luisa Arrigoni, Van Gogh, Catalogo completo dei dipinti, Florence, 1990, no. 444, p. 195, illustrated in color (titled Natura morta: Romans parisiens)

Ingo F. Walther and Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh, The Complete Paintings, vol. I, Cologne, 1990, p. 270, illustrated in color (titled Still Life with French Novels and a Rose)

Exh. Cat., Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Vincent van Gogh en de moderne kunst, 1990-91, fig. 7, p. 72, illustrated (titled Romans parisiens, Stilleven met boeken and dated 1887-88)

Jan Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam and Philadelphia, 1996, no. 1332, p. 300, illustrated (titled Piles of French Novels and a Glass with a Rose (Romans Parisiens))

Kuntschrift, vol. 46, no. 3, May-June 2002, no. 64, p. 45, illustrated in color

Isabel Kuhl, I, Van Gogh, Munich, 2005, p. 129, illustrated in color (titled Piles of French Novels and a Glass with a Rose)

Belinda Thomson, Van Gogh Paintings, The Masterpieces, London, 2007, pl. 46, p. 55, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., Kunstmuseum, Basel, Vincent van Gogh, Between Earth and Heaven, The Landscapes, 2009, fig. 22, p. 50, illustrated in color; p. 52 

Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke Bakker, eds., Vincent van Gogh, The Letters, The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition, London, 2009, pp. 38, 75 and 334, illustrated in color

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, Van Gogh, The Life, New York, 2011, p. 554

Ella Hendriks and Louis van Tilborgh, Vincent van Gogh Paintings, Antwerp & Paris, 1885-1888, vol. 2, London, 2011, pp. 502-08; pp. 84 and 505, illustrated in color

Exh. Cat., London, Eykyn Maclean, Van Gogh in Paris, 2013, fig. 24, p. 37, illustrated in color (titled Piles of French Novels and Roses in a Glass and dated 1887-88)

Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh, The Years in France, Complete Paintings 1886-1890, London, 2013, p. 67, illustrated in color (titled Parisian Novels with a Rose and dated winter 1887-88)

Bernhard Echte and Walter Feilchenfeldt, Kunstsalon Paul Cassirer, Die Ausstellungen 1912-1914, Wädenswil, 2016, no. 98, p. 749, illustrated in color; p. 771 (titled Die Bücher and dated 1887-88)

Maite van Dijk, Foreign Artists versus French Critics: Exhibition Strategies and Critical Reception at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris, Dissertation, University of Amsterdam, 2017, fig. 51, p. 133, illustrated in color; pp. 141-43 (titled Romans parisiens)

Stefan Koldehoff and Chris Stolwijk, eds., The Thannhauser Gallery, Marketing Van Gogh, Brussels, 2017, fig. 40, p. 59, illustrated in color (tiled Piles of French Novels and Roses in a Glass and dated 1887-88)

Ingo F. Walther and Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh, The Complete Paintings, vol. 1, Cologne, 2019, p. 270, illustrated in color (titled Still Life with French Novels and a Rose)

Exh. Cat., Frankfurt, Städel Museum, Making Van Gogh: A German Love Story, 2019-20, fig. 2, p. 21, illustrated in color; p. 22 (titled Still Life with French Novels and a Rose)

Exh. Cat., Potsdam, Museum Barberini, Van Gogh: Still Lifes, 2019-20, pp. 23 and 253, illustrated in color (titled French Novels with a Rose) 

Mariella Guzzoni, Vincent’s Books: Van Gogh and the Writers Who Inspired Him, Chicago, 2020, pp. 108, 114 and 117; p. 112, illustrated in color (titled French Novels with Roses and a Glass (‘Romans parisiens’)) 

Exh. Cat., Kunstmuseum Basel and Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Camille Pissarro: The Studio of Modernism, 2021-22, fig. 8, p. 133, illustrated in color 

Exh. Cat., London, The National Gallery, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers, 2024-25, fig. 84, p. 117, illustrated in color; pp. 119-20 (titled Parisian Novels)