The Haystacks
Maker
(Artists)
1848-1903
1848-1903
Title
The Haystacks
Date of Production
1889
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 92 cm (canvas)
Width: 73.3 cm (canvas)
Width: 73.3 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1932.SC.162
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, gift, 1932
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
In the 1880s, Paul Gauguin made several extended trips to Brittany in western France, attracted by the region’s remoteness and distinctive culture. This haymaking scene, captured during his third stay, is typical of the radically simplified approach he took to painting at this time. Forms are rendered as flat patches of vibrant colour, while three-dimensional relationships and perspective are deliberately ignored. Gauguin reduces the peasant women raking hay to the basic shapes of their black-and-white regional dress, presenting their actions as a timeless ritual.
Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris; Gabriel Frizeau, Bordeaux 1921 - 1923; Jos Hessel, dealer in Paris; purchased from Frizeau in April 1921 for 25,000 French francs along with another, unidentified, work 1923 - 1932 : purchase, Samuel Courtauld, London from Hessel along with Bathers at Tahiti; Samuel Courtauld Gift 1932
Exhibition History
Masterpieces of Impressionism from The Courtauld Gallery, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 10/09/2019-15/12/2019; Aichi Prefectural Museum, Nagoya, Japan, 03/01/2020-15/03/2020; Kobe City Museum, Kobe, Japan, 28/03/2020-21/06/2020
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019 ...More
Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld in the 20's, The Courtauld Gallery, 20/06/2013-08/09/2013
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
Vincent Van Gogh and the Painters of the Petit Boulevard, Saint Louis & USA, 17/02/2001-13/05/2001
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cezanne, National Gallery, London, 17/09/2018-20/01/2019 ...More
Collecting Gauguin: Samuel Courtauld in the 20's, The Courtauld Gallery, 20/06/2013-08/09/2013
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
Vincent Van Gogh and the Painters of the Petit Boulevard, Saint Louis & USA, 17/02/2001-13/05/2001
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Literature
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : signed : bottom right & recto : P. Gauguin. '89
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