The Blue Bird
Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941), 1889
oil on canvas, 73 cm x 60 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (gift from Elin en Bengt Ekström)
- Object number
- s0393M1990
- Dimensions
- 73 cm x 60 cm, 99 cm x 86 cm, 6 cm
- Provenance
- Ambroise Vollard, Paris; Rune Lundén, Enebyberg; auction London, Christie’s (Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture), lot 17 (Les Fées bretonnes), possibly purchased by Bengt and Elin Ekström, Uppsala, 26 March 1984; donated by Bengt and Elin Ekström to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1 December 1989, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- artist
- Emile Bernard
- Credits
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (gift from Elin en Bengt Ekström)
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Emile Bernard, 24 August-4 November 1990
Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Emile Bernard 1868-1941. A Pioneer of Modern Art, 12 May-5 August 1990
Uppsala, Konsthallen, Émile Bernard, December 1976-January 1977, no. 7
Sala, Aguélimuseet, Émile Bernard, 14 November-5 December 1976, no. 7
Dallas, Valley House Gallery, Émile Bernard, March-April 1962, no. 14
Van Gogh Museum : jaarverslag 1990, Amsterdam, 1992, p. 21, 30
Luthi, Jean-Jacques, Vollard, Ambroise, Emile Bernard : chef de l'école de Pont-Aven, Paris, [s.a.], p. 16, 22
Luthi, Jean-Jacques, Emile Bernard : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre peint, Paris, 1982, p. 36
Stevens, Maryanne, Emile Bernard 1868-1941. A Pioneer of Modern Art. Ein Wegbereiter der Moderne., Zwolle, 1990, p. 215-217
Leeuw, Ronald de, Aanwinsten/Acquisitions, Zwolle, 1991, p. 48-49, 65
Leeuw, Ronald de, Van Gogh Museum : schilderijen en pastels, Zwolle, 1993, p. 243
Vergeest, Aukje, The French collection : nineteenth-century French paintings in Dutch public collections, Amsterdam, 2000, p. 63
Leeuw, Ronald de, Tilborgh, Louis van, Esner, Rachel, Becker, Edwin, Heugten, Sjraar van, Leeman, Fred, Vriend, Anita, Van Gogh Museum Journal 1995, Amsterdam, 1995, p. 171
Luthi, Jean-Jacques, Israël, Armand, Emile Bernard : instigateur de l'école de Pont-Aven, précurseur de l'art moderne : sa vie, son oeuvre : catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2014, p. 167
Een schenking : de collectie Elin Ekström, [unpaged]