Vase with flowers, coffee pot and fruit

Apollo, Jan, 2005

26. Vase with flowers, coffee pot and fruit, 1887, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, JH1231/F287.

Oil on canvas, unsigned, 41 x 38 cm.

Photo: Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal.

According to the Koller-Muller catalogue, this work is 'no longer considered authentic'. The Von der Heydt Museum 'attributes' the painting to Van Gogh, but does not take a definitive position on the authorship. It is normally on display.

Earliest provenance: Goldschmidt gallery, Frankfurt. References: Welsh-Ovcharov, op. cit., p. 236; Dorn and Feilchenfeldt, op. cit., pp. 280-81; The Paintings of Vincent van Gogh, Koller-Muller Museum, 2003, pp. 159 and 463; Von der Heydt-Museum: die Gemalde des 19 und 20 Jahrhunderts, Von der Heydt Museum, 2003, p. 484.

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