(Q29842733)
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1887
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22 June 1966: “La cueillette” was sold by a certain David B. Findlay at an auction inLondon to an unknown buyer. (English)
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According to court documents, the work was seized by the Vichy government while Mr. Bauer was held at Drancy. Sold by the Vichy art dealer Jean-François Lefranc, it then passed to a number of buyers including a collector who sold it at Sotheby’s to an anonymous buyer in 1966. (English)
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Theo van Gogh, Paris (1887, consigned by the artist and titled Cueillette des petits pois)Private collection (1887, exchanged with the above)Mrs. Desché, Paris (by descent and sold: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Succession de Madame D., December 3, 1927, lot 34, titled La récolte des haricots)Georges Bernheim, Paris (acquired at the above sale)Paul Rosenberg, Paris Simon Bauer, Paris (acquired from the above as of 1930)Confiscated by French government, Vichy (October 13, 1943)Jane Eudeline (acquired from the above through the intermediary of Jean-François Lefranc, appointed by the Commissariat aux questions juives of the Vichy regime, on 7 April 1944) David B. Findlay, New York (acquired from the above and sold: Sotheby's, London, June 22, 1966, lot 42) Daniel Maggin, New York (acquired at the above sale, by descent and sold: Christie's, New York, May 11, 1995, lot 102)Bruce E. & Robbi S. Toll, Philadelphia (acquired at the above sale)Restituted by the French Government to the heirs of Simon Bauer in November 2017, decision confirmed by the Cour de Cassation on July 1st, 2020. (English)
22 June 1966
11 May 1995
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Restituted by the French Government to the heirs of Simon Bauer in November 2017, decision confirmed by the Cour de Cassation on July 1st, 2020. (English)
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When we consider the 1930 exhibition catalogue, there appears to be a mistake in placing the entries that read “Mme. Desché” and “Georges Bernheim” after “Simon Bauer.” The 1930 catalogue clearly demonstrates the painting as in the collection of Simon Bauer. Therefore, it either changed hands back to Simon Bauer between 1927 and 1930 or it was never sold to Georges Bernheim in the first place. This argument is furthered by the 1939 catalogue raisonné (Figure 1) which acknowledges the 1927 Hôtel Drouot sale, but makes no mention of either “Mme. Desché” or “Georges Bernheim” in the provenance. The only figures who appear in the provenance are Paul Rosenberg and Simon Bauer. The “Mme. Desché” and “Georges Bernheim” entries are unique to Christie’s provenance. (English)
64.4 centimetre
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53.3 centimetre
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