174 - Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, in the style of Still Life with Green Fruits Oil on canvas relined on board 33.5 x 40.5 cm, 58.5 x 66 cm with frame Inscribed “Vincent” lower left From the private collection of Armin Pertsch, Mannheim (Collection liquidation) The still life depicts green fruits in a bowl decorated with a zigzag pattern on a wooden table against a brown background. Another green fruit lies alone in the lower right corner of the painting. The focus on everyday objects and the combination of green and brown hues are reminiscent of Vincent van Gogh’s simple fruit still lifes. The painting comes from the private collection of the art dealer and collector Armin Pertsch. He ran a gallery in Mannheim and was particularly active in the 1980s. His name appears in the provenance records of European paintings and drawings from various periods, including works associated with Rembrandt as well as 19th-century pieces. For example, Pertsch is documented in the ownership history of a drawing by Joseph Anton Koch that later found its way to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The present still life adds to this spectrum a work in the style of van Gogh and thus an example of the reception of his painting.