Clovis Sleeping
Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903), Rouen, 1884
oil on canvas, 46.4 cm x 56.1 cm
Credits: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij, the Rembrandt Association (with the additional support from its Dorodarte Kunst Fonds and the annual contribution of the Cultuurfonds) and the members of the Yellow House Circle)
- Object number
- s0554S2024
- Dimensions
- 46.4 cm x 56.1 cm, 68.2 cm x 77.6 cm, 10.4 cm
- Provenance
- Presumably acquired from the artist by Hermann Thaulow, Tromsø, 1884; after his death in 1890, inherited by his widow, Pauline Elizabeth Thaulow, Tromsø; after her death on 6 December 1929, inherited by her second husband, Hans Jacob Horst, Oslo; probably auction Oslo, Blomqvist, purchased by a private collector, Norway (possibly Arndt Holm), c. 1933-1935; Arndt Holm, Bergen, in or before 1972; consigned by Arndt Holm or his heirs to auction Bern, Kornfeld und Klipstein (Moderne Kunst), lot 226 (Jean Gauguin endormi, à l’âge de trois ans), purchased by a private collector, New York for CHF 255.000, 23-25 June 1982; acquired from this private collector by Sam Josefowitz, 23 April 1984; after his death on 30 July 2015 bequeathed to his heirs; consigned by these heirs to auction London, Christie’s (Masterpieces from the collection of Sam Josefowitz: A lifetime of discovery and scholarship), lot 24, unsold, 13 October 2023; sold by these heirs through Christie’s, London to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 1 May 2024.
- artist
- Paul Gauguin
- Credits
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij, the Rembrandt Association (with the additional support from its Dorodarte Kunst Fonds and the annual contribution of the Cultuurfonds) and the members of the Yellow House Circle)
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