Square Saint-Pierre, Paris

Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, active France, 1853–1890)

1887

European Art

On view, 2nd floor, European Art
Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

unframed: 23 3/8 × 32 in. (59.4 × 81.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Henry R. Luce, B.A. 1920

Accession Number

1958.59

Geography

Depicted: Paris, France

Culture

French

Period

19th century

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Theo van Gogh (1857–1891), Paris, 1887; by descent to Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862–1925), Amsterdam, 1891; by inheritance to Vincent Willem van Gogh (1890–1978), Laren, 1925. Purchased by Leopold Sutro (1858–1943), London, 1928; sale, Sotheby's, London, November 10, 1943, lot 103; sold to Arthur Tooth Gallery, London, 1943. Royan Middleton (1885–1965), Aberdeen, by 1951. Acquired by Lefevre Gallery, London, 1955; sold to Sam Salz Gallery, New York; sold to Clare Boothe Luce (née Ann Clare Boothe, 1903–1987) and Henry Robinson Luce (1898–1967), New York, 1956; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1958
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