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Summary
Artist |
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Title |
Postman Joseph Roulin |
Date |
1888 |
Medium |
oil on canvas |
Dimensions |
Height: 81.3 cm (32 in). Width: 65.4 cm (25.7 in). |
Current location |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ![wikidata:Q49133](../4/467.png) |
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Native name |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston |
Location |
Boston, Massachusetts |
Coordinates |
42° 20′ 21.00″ N, 71° 5′ 39.00″ W |
Established |
1870 |
Website |
www.mfa.org |
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Out on loan |
Accession number |
35.1982 |
Object history |
1889, given or left by the artist to Joseph and Marie Ginoux, Arles; July 9, 1897, sold by the Ginoux, through Henri Laget, to Ambroise Vollard (b. 1867 - d. 1939), Paris; probably September 1, 1897, sold by Vollard to Cornelis Hoogendijk (b. 1866 - d. 1911), The Hague; May 21-22, 1912, posthumous Hoogendijk sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, lot 26, to Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (stock no. 19248) and Paul Cassirer, Inc., Berlin; 1916, sold by Cassirer to Carl Sternheim (b. 1878 - d. 1942) and Théa Sternheim (b. 1883 - d. 1971), La Hulpe, Belgium; February 11, 1919, Théa Sternheim sale, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, lot 8, not sold; until 1928, in the Sternheim collection; 1928, sold by Théa Sternheim, through Alfred Flechtheim, to the Galerie Étienne Bignou, Paris; 1928, sold by Bignou to M. Knoedler and Co., New York (stock no. A289) and Alex Reid and Lefèvre, Ltd., London; 1928, sold by Knoedler to Robert Treat Paine, 2nd (b. 1861 - d. 1943), Boston; 1935, gift of Robert Treat Paine, 2nd, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 5, 1935) |
Credit line |
Gift of Robert Treat Paine, 2nd |
Notes |
Catalogues raisonnés:
- F432: Jacob Baart de la Faille (1970) [1928] The Works of Vincent van Gogh. His Paintings and Drawings., Amsterdam: J.M. Meulenhoff, no. 432.
- JH1522 : Jan Hulsker (1980), The Complete Van Gogh, Oxford: Phaidon, no. 1522.
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Source/Photographer |
1. The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM, 2002. ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. 2. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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