Still Life with Jar of Cherries




Cat. Rais. Weisberg 1979 No. 181
on recto, signed and dated lower right: “F. Bonvin 1885”
on verso, frame, upper left, inscribed in blue: “X”; upper right, inscribed in pencil: “U.A.A.A.”; lower right, illegible inscription; lower right, inscribed in white chalk: “1271”
stretcher, upper right, old label: “French Gallery F. Bonvin No. 22639”, in black “KVdB 61283”; centre stretcher bar, label: “Kunsthandel Huinck & Scherjon N.V. Amsterdam – Heerengracht 469 No. 1574 1800.- F. Bonvin ‘Bocal de cerises’”; lower right, inscribed in pencil: “1554”; typewritten label: “François Bonvin (Vaugirard 1817–St-German-en-Laye 1887) Stilleben ‘Einmachglas mit Kirschen’ Signiert und datiert ‘F. Bonvin 1885’”
on canvas, upper left, inscribed in grey: “2387”
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10–31 May 1886: Galerie D. Rothschild, Paris, exhibition
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Galerie Gustave Tempelaere, Paris (per inscription)
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Probably 1926/1927: The French Gallery, London (per label and exh. cat.)
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By latest 15 October 1938: Huinck & Scherjon, Amsterdam (per exh. cat.)
By latest 13 September 1944: Hildebrand Gurlitt, acquired from the above (per Möller archive)
Until November 2020: Private Collection, South Germany, thence by descent
Since November 2020: Federal Republic of Germany, donation, ongoing provenance research
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