Reaper (Van Gogh series)

== Provenance ==

== Provenance ==

Van Gogh died about a year after creating the paintings. His brother, Theo, died a few months later and the two later paintings came to the possession of Theo's widow, [[Johanna van Gogh-Bonger]] (later Johanna Cohen Gosschalk-Bonger).{{Cite web|title=La moisson: Provenance|url=https://collection-online.museum-folkwang.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=3018&viewType=detailView|website=Museum Folkwang|url-status=live|access-date=15 October 2020|archive-date=16 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016231630/https://collection-online.museum-folkwang.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=3018&viewType=detailView}} The original study was in 1890 either gifted to [[Paul Gauguin]] or traded for a work by the French artist. In 1899, the painting was acquired by [[Ambroise Vollard]] from Gauguin's art dealer Georges Chaudet. The piece was then acquired by the art collector [[Émile Schuffenecker]] who passed it down to Amédée Schuffenecker, who in turn sold it to [[Helene Kröller-Müller]] in April 1912. It has since been in the collection of the [[Kröller-Müller Museum]].{{Cite web|title=Wheat field with reaper and sun|url=https://vangoghworldwide.org/artwork/F617|url-status=live|access-date=27 December 2021|website=Van Gogh Worldwide|archive-date=27 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227035030/https://vangoghworldwide.org/artwork/F617}} The sketch, part of Van Gogh's 2 July 1889 letter to Theo, was in the collection of [[Otto Wacker]] until 1928 when it was acquired by the [[National Gallery (Berlin)|National Gallery]] in Berlin. It was transferred in 1992 to the [[Kupferstichkabinett Berlin|Museum of Prints and Drawings]], part of the [[Staatliche Museen zu Berlin]].{{Cite web |title=Kornfeld mit Mäher |url=https://recherche.smb.museum/detail/1059178/kornfeld-mit-m%25C3%25A4her |access-date=31 March 2026 |website=Staatliche Museen zu Berlin}}

Van Gogh died about a year after creating the paintings. His brother, Theo, died a few months later and the two later paintings came to the possession of Theo's widow, [[Johanna van Gogh-Bonger]] (later Johanna Cohen Gosschalk-Bonger).{{Cite web|title=La moisson: Provenance|url=https://collection-online.museum-folkwang.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=3018&viewType=detailView|website=Museum Folkwang|url-status=live|access-date=15 October 2020|archive-date=16 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016231630/https://collection-online.museum-folkwang.de/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=3018&viewType=detailView}} The original study was in 1890 either gifted to [[Paul Gauguin]] or traded for a work by the French artist. In 1899, the painting was acquired by [[Ambroise Vollard]] from Gauguin's art dealer Georges Chaudet. The piece was then acquired by the art collector [[Émile Schuffenecker]], who passed it down to Amédée Schuffenecker, who in turn sold it to [[Helene Kröller-Müller]] in April 1912. It has since been in the collection of the [[Kröller-Müller Museum]].{{Cite web|title=Wheat field with reaper and sun|url=https://vangoghworldwide.org/artwork/F617|url-status=live|access-date=27 December 2021|website=Van Gogh Worldwide|archive-date=27 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227035030/https://vangoghworldwide.org/artwork/F617}} The sketch, part of Van Gogh's 2 July 1889 letter to Theo, was in the collection of [[Otto Wacker]] until 1928 when it was acquired by the [[National Gallery (Berlin)|National Gallery]] in Berlin. It was transferred in 1992 to the [[Kupferstichkabinett Berlin|Museum of Prints and Drawings]], part of the [[Staatliche Museen zu Berlin]].{{Cite web |title=Kornfeld mit Mäher |url=https://recherche.smb.museum/detail/1059178/kornfeld-mit-m%25C3%25A4her |access-date=31 March 2026 |website=Staatliche Museen zu Berlin}}

Van Gogh-Bonger and her son, [[Vincent Willem van Gogh (art collector)|Vincent Willem van Gogh]], loaned the second painting to museums in [[Amsterdam]]. In 1909, she loaned the piece to the [[Rijksmuseum]]. After her death in 1925, her son continued to loan the piece to the Rijksmuseum. On 22 October 1931, the painting was loaned to the [[Stedelijk Museum]]. Ownership of the painting was transferred to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation on 10 July 1962 and eleven days later an agreement was reached between the foundation and the State of Netherlands for the preservation and management of the painting as part of a new [[Van Gogh Museum]]. While the new museum was built, the painting remained at Stedelijk until 2 June 1973 when it was placed on permanent loan to the Van Gogh Museum.

Van Gogh-Bonger and her son, [[Vincent Willem van Gogh (art collector)|Vincent Willem van Gogh]], loaned the second painting to museums in [[Amsterdam]]. In 1909, she loaned the piece to the [[Rijksmuseum]]. After her death in 1925, her son continued to loan the piece to the Rijksmuseum. On 22 October 1931, the painting was loaned to the [[Stedelijk Museum]]. Ownership of the painting was transferred to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation on 10 July 1962, and eleven days later, an agreement was reached between the foundation and the State of the Netherlands for the preservation and management of the painting as part of a new [[Van Gogh Museum]]. While the new museum was being built, the painting remained at Stedelijk until 2 June 1973, when it was placed on permanent loan to the Van Gogh Museum.

While Van Gogh intended the third and smaller version of this painting as a gift for either his mother or one of his sisters, it is not known if the painting ever reached them. In May 1902, Van Gogh-Bonger sold the third painting to the German art dealer [[Paul Cassirer]], and it became the first work by Van Gogh to be held by a German museum.{{Cite web|last=Benson|first=Timothy O.|date=5 June 2014|title=Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky|url=https://unframed.lacma.org/2014/06/05/expressionism-in-germany-and-france-from-van-gogh-to-kandinsky|url-status=live|access-date=24 May 2020|website=Unframed|publisher=[[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925065233/https://unframed.lacma.org/2014/06/05/expressionism-in-germany-and-france-from-van-gogh-to-kandinsky}} The same year, art collector [[Karl Ernst Osthaus]] of the [[Museum Folkwang]] acquired the painting for his collection in [[Hagen]], Germany. Since 1922, it has been a part of the museum's collection in [[Essen]].

While Van Gogh painted the third and smaller version as a gift for either his mother or one of his sisters, it is unknown whether the painting ever reached them. In May 1902, Van Gogh-Bonger sold the third painting to the German art dealer [[Paul Cassirer]], and it became the first work by Van Gogh to be held by a German museum.{{Cite web|last=Benson|first=Timothy O.|date=5 June 2014|title=Expressionism in Germany and France: From Van Gogh to Kandinsky|url=https://unframed.lacma.org/2014/06/05/expressionism-in-germany-and-france-from-van-gogh-to-kandinsky|url-status=live|access-date=24 May 2020|website=Unframed|publisher=[[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]|archive-date=25 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925065233/https://unframed.lacma.org/2014/06/05/expressionism-in-germany-and-france-from-van-gogh-to-kandinsky}} The same year, art collector [[Karl Ernst Osthaus]] of the [[Museum Folkwang]] acquired the painting for his collection in [[Hagen]], Germany. Since 1922, it has been a part of the museum's collection in [[Essen]].

==See also==

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