Vincent van Gogh - Shoes



Vincent van Gogh
Shoes
1888
45.7 x 55.2 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left: Vincent
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1992


Literature

Catalogues raisonnés
F 461
JH 1569

Collection catalogues
Katharine Baetjer, European paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art by artists born before 1865, New York, 1995, p. 495 info

Literature
Ingo F. Walther, Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh, Köln, 1993, p. 404
Colta Ives, Susan Alyson Stein, Sjraar van Heugten, and Marije Vellekoop, Vincent van Gogh, New York; Amsterdam; New Haven and London, 2005, fig. 213
Cornelia Homburg (ed.), Van Gogh, New Haven and London, 2012, fig. 40


Provenance

the artist's brother Theo van Gogh, died 1891
his widow, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam, in trust for their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, until 1910, sold on 29 December through J.H. de Bois, acting for C.M. van Gogh, to Kröller-Müller
Helene Kröller-Müller (Mrs. A. G. Kröller), The Hague, later Wassenaar, from 1910
her son, Anton George (Toon) Kröller, Jr., Harskamp, by 24 May 1927–died 1938
his widow, Geertruida (Truusje) Kröller-Jesse, The Hague, 1938–at least 20 May 1946
with D. Katz, Dieren, by 8 September 1947
with E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam
Siegfried Kramarsky, New York, by 1951–died 1961
Kramarsky family, New York, 1961–92, sold to MMA

External links

Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 1992.374

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Vincent van Gogh Meadow with Poppies
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Vincent van Gogh Sunflowers
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Vincent van Gogh Peasant Woman, Digging, Seen from the Back
Peasant Woman, Digging, Seen from the Back
1885

Vincent van Gogh The De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam
The De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam
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Vincent van Gogh Ears of Wheat
Ears of Wheat
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