Clearly exceeded the estimate for the beautiful painting "Scène de rue à Montmartre (Impasse des Deux Frères et le Moulin à Poivre)" by Vincent Van Gogh , which reached the figure of 13.091.250 of which FIRSTonline had anticipated the news on March 25th.
The painting “Street scene in Montmartre” (1887), one of the last still in private hands, was auctioned by Sotheby's in Paris in association with the French auction house Mirabaud-Mercier and featured outstanding literature that captivated international collectors who in just ten minutes closed the award for over 13 million euros. Description of the painting and the auction.
This painting represents a particular period of Van Gogh's stay in Paris. He was staying right in Rue Lepic - the informal border between lower and upper Montmartre, between urban Montmartre and rural Montmartre - with his brother Theo and it is here that he was fascinated by the particular atmosphere , both pastoral and urban, of the "scrub" of Montmartre, a term later used to designate the still unurbanized face of the butte Montmartre, where the gardens-vegetables next to abandoned quarries and grassy lands. Unlike his contemporaries who, like Toulouse-Lautrec or Renoir before him, set out to portray the Montmartre of cabarets and popular dances, Van Gogh chose to represent a bucolic and peaceful Montmartre, in contrast to the frenetic life of the surrounding streets .
A theme very dear to the painter is precisely this depicted in the painting, namely that of the mills of Montmartre, which recall the mills of his native Holland, a theme deeply rooted in the history of Dutch painting. During his stay in Montmartre, Van Gogh will dedicate about twenty works to these three mills united under the common name of "Moulin de la Galette". These buildings, which then belonged to the Debray family, had long ceased to function and had turned into a very popular place of leisure among Parisians, bringing together taverns, ballrooms, cafes and carousels. From Corot to Signac, via Renoir and Toulouse-Lautrec, they have been an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists since the XNUMXth century.
Literature:
AM Hammacher, “An Unknown Van Gogh from the Paris Period: A New Start”, in Vincent: Bulletin of the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, II, 1 1972, pp. 18-20.
Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh. Paintings. Drawings. sketches, Oxford, 1980, JH 1240, illustrated p. 274 (titled Street scene in Montmartre)
Van Gogh in Paris (exhibition catalogue), Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1988, cat. no. 23 fig. a, illustrated p. 84 (titled Vue du Moulin à Poivre (north))
Ingo F. Walther & Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh. L'œuvre complète – peinture. Volume I. Etten, April 1881 – Paris, February 1888, Cologne, 1990, illustrated p. 225 (titled Scene from streets in Montmartre)
Jean-Jacques Léveque, Les années impressionnistes, 1870-1889, Courbevoie, 1990, illustrated p. 532 (titled Paris. Coin de Montmartre au moulin)
Jan Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh. Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Philadelphia, 1996, JH 1240, illustrated p. 274 (titled Street scene in Montmartre)
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh: Die Gemälde 1886-1890, : Händler, Sammler, Ausstellungen : die frühen Provenienzen, Wädenswil, 2009, illustrated p. 77 (image reversed, titled SPaziergänger in the Bois de Boulogne and incorrectly described as part of the sale Sotheby's, New York, May 12, 1980, lot 32)
Ella Hendriks & Louis van Tilborgh, Vincent Van Gogh, Paintings, Volume 2: Antwerp & Paris 1885-1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam & Zwolle, 2011, fig. 92g, illustrated p. 332 (titled Impasse des Deux Frères and the Poivre windmill.
AM Hammacher, “An Unknown Van Gogh from the Paris Period: A New Start”, in Vincent: Bulletin of the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, II, 1 1972, pp. 18-20
Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh. Paintings. Drawings. sketches, Oxford, 1980, JH 1240, reproduit p. 274 (under the title Street scene in Montmartre)
Van Gogh in Paris (catalogue d'exposition), Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 1988, cat. no. 23 fig. a, reproduce p. 84 (under the title Vue du Moulin à Poivre (north))
Ingo F. Walther & Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh. L'œuvre complète – peinture. Volume I. Etten, avril 1881–Paris, fevrier 1888, Cologne, 1990, reproduced p. 225 (under the title Scene from streets in Montmartre)
Jean-Jacques Léveque, Les années impressionnistes, 1870-1889, Courbevoie, 1990, reproduced p. 532 (under the title Paris. Coin de Montmartre au moulin)
Jan Huslker, The New Complete Van Gogh. Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Philadelphie, 1996, JH 1240, reproduit p. 274 (under the title Street scene in Montmartre)
Walter Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh: Die Gemälde 1886-1890, : Händler, Sammler, Ausstellungen : die frühen Provenienzen, Wädenswil, 2009, reproduced p. 77 (image reversed, sous le titre SPaziergänger in the Bois de Boulogne et incorrectement décrit comme inclus à la vente Sotheby's, New York, 12 mai 1980, lot 32)
Ella Hendriks & Louis van Tilborgh, Vincent Van Gogh, Paintings, Volume 2: Antwerp & Paris 1885-1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam & Zwolle, 2011, fig. 92g, reproduced p. 332 (under the title Impasse des Deux Frères and the Poivre windmill)
