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Pair of Shoes, A

Oil on canvas
37.5 x 45.0 cm.
Paris: second half 1886
F 255, JH 1124

Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum


Provenance

Owner City Country Date acquired Comments
Theo van Gogh Paris France 1886-91  
Johanna van Gogh-Bonger Amsterdam Netherlands 1891-1925  
V.W. van Gogh Laren Netherlands 1925-62  
Museum Mesdag The Hague Netherlands 1926 On loan.
Vincent van Gogh Foundation Amsterdam Netherlands 1962  
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Netherlands 1931-73 On loan.
Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam Netherlands 1973 On permanent loan from the Vincent van Gogh Foundation.


Exhibitions

Year City Country Venue Exhibition Name Start Date End Date No.
1896-97 Paris France Galerie Vollard       ---
1905 Amsterdam Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Tentoonstelling Vincent van Gogh 15 July 1905 1 August 1905 72
1905 Utrecht Netherlands Vereeniging 'Voor de Kunst' Tentoonstelling van schilderijen door Vincent van Gogh 10 September 1905 1 October 1905 20
1905 Leiden Netherlands Leidsche Kunstvereeniging Tentoonstelling van schilderijen door Vincent van Gogh 7 October 1905 16 October 1905 20
1906 Middelburg Netherlands Sociëteit Sint Joris Tentoonstelling van werken van Vincent van Gogh (verzameling Mevr. Cohen Gosschalk) 25 March 1906 1 April 1906 ---
1906 Rotterdam Netherlands Kunstzalen Oldenzeel Tentoonstelling Vincent van Gogh 26 January 1906 28 February 1906 20
1908 Paris (1) France Galerie Bernheim-Jeune Cent tableaux de Vincent van Gogh 6 January 1908 1 February 1908 6
1908 Amsterdam Netherlands Kunstzalen C.M. van Gogh Vincent van Gogh tentoonstelling 3 September 1908 24 September 1908 ---
1908 The Hague Netherlands Kunstzalen C.M. van Gogh       ---
1908 Dresden Germany Emil Richter Vincent van Gogh/Paul Cézanne     16
1908 Munich (1) Germany Moderne Kunsthandlung [F.J. Brakl] Vincent van Gogh     16
1908 Frankfurt Germany Frankfurter Kunstverein Vincent van Gogh Ausstellung 14 June 1908 28 June 1908 18
1908 Zurich Switzerland Künstlerhaus Vincent van Gogh, Cuno Amiet, Hans Emmenegger, Giovanni Giacometti 10 July 1908 26 July 1908 10
1908 Berlin (4) Germany Paul Cassirer       ---
1909 Munich Germany Moderne Kunsthandlung [F.J. Brakl] Vincent van Gogh [French Period] 1 October 1909   8
1910 Dresden Germany Galerie Ernst Arnold Vincent van Gogh     ---
1910 Leiden Netherlands Het Leidsche Volkshuis Schilderijen en tekeningen van Van Gogh 14 November 1910   ---
1910 Frankfurt Germany Frankfurter Kunstverein Vincent van Gogh     ---
1910 Chemnitz Germany Kunstsalon Gerstenberger Vincent van Gogh     ---
1911 Amsterdam Netherlands Larensche Kunsthandel Tentoonstelling van schilderijen, aquarellen en teekeningen van Vincent van Gogh 16 June 1911   11
1911-12 Hamburg Germany Galerie Commeter   10 November 1911   ---
1912 Breslau/Dresden Germany Galerie Ernst Arnold Ausstellung Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890     28
1914 Berlin (1) Germany Paul Cassirer Vincent van Gogh 30 März 1853-29 July 1890. Zehnte Ausstellung 1 June 1914 5 July 1914 40
1914 Cologne Germany Kölner Kunstverein V. van Gogh 1 July 1914 30 July 1914 ---
1914 Hamburg Germany Galerie Commeter V. van Gogh     ---
1920 New York (1) United States Montross Gallery Vincent van Gogh Exhibition 23 October 1920   41
1923-24 London United Kingdom Leicester Galleries Vincent van Gogh Exhibition 1 December 1923 15 January 1924 14
1924 Stuttgart Germany Württembergischer Kunstverein Ausstellung Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 12 October 1924 30 November 1924 1
1924 Zurich Switzerland Kunsthaus Zurich Vincent van Gogh 3 July 1924 10 August 1924 8
1924 Basel Switzerland Kunsthalle Basel Vincent van Gogh 27 March 1924 4 May 1924 3
1925 Paris (1) France Galerie Marcel Bernheim Exposition rétrospective d'oeuvres de Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) 5 January 1925 24 January 1925 6
1925 The Hague Netherlands Pulchri Studio Vincent van Gogh     ---
1926 Amsterdam Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Vincent van Gogh tentoonstelling ter gelegenheid van het Internationale Jeugdfeest der S.J.I. 15 May 1926 15 June 1926 9
1928 Hannover Germany Kestner-Gessellschaft Vincent van Gogh. Fünfunddreißig unbekannte Gemälde aus Privatbesitz 3 October 1928 11 November 1928 ---
1928 Munich Germany Graphisches Kabinett Vincent van Gogh. Fünfunddreißig Unbekannte Gemälde aus Privatbesitz 22 November 1928 24 December 1928 4
1928-29 Leipzig Germany Museum der bildenden Künste Vincent van Gogh. Fünfunddreißig Unbekannte Gemälde aus Privatbesitz 24 February 1928 31 March 1929 ---
1930 Amsterdam Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Vincent van Gogh en zijn tijdgenooten (Vincent van Gogh and His Contemporaries) 6 September 1930 2 November 1930 6
1945-46 Amsterdam Netherlands E.J. van Wisselingh & Co. Exposition de peinture 17 December 1945 26 January 1946 14
1946 Liège Belgium Musée des Beaux-Arts Vincent van Gogh 12 October 1946 3 November 1946 77
1946 Malmö Sweden Malmö Museum Vincent van Gogh. Utställning Anordnad till Förmän för Svenska Hollandshjälpen 29 May 1946 16 June 1946 26
1946 Brussels Belgium Palais des Beaux-Arts Vincent van Gogh 9 November 1946 19 December 1946 77
1946 Copenhagen Denmark Charlottenborg Vincent van Gogh 22 June 1946 14 July 1946 26
1946 Stockholm Sweden Nationalmuseum Vincent van Gogh. Utställning Anordnad till Förmän för Svenska Hollandshjälpen 8 March 1946 28 April 1946 26
1946 Gothenburg Sweden Göteborgs Konstmuseum Vincent van Gogh. Utställning Anordnad till Förmän för Svenska Hollandshjälpen 3 May 1946 26 May 1946 26
1946-47 Mons Belgium Musée des Beaux-Arts Vincent van Gogh 27 December 1946   77
1947 Groningen (1) Netherlands Museum van Oudheden Vincent van Gogh 18 October 1947 16 November 1947 23
1947 Geneva Switzerland Musée Rath 172 oeuvres de Vincent van Gogh 22 March 1947 20 April 1947 75
1947 Paris (1) France Musée de l'Orangerie Vincent van Gogh 24 January 1947 15 March 1947 75
1947-48 London United Kingdom Arts Council of Great Britain Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 10 December 1947 14 January 1948 14
1948 Glasgow Scotland Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 21 February 1948 14 March 1948 14
1948 Birmingham United Kingdom City Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 24 January 1948 14 February 1948 14
1948 Bergen Norway Kunstforening Vincent van Gogh, Malerier Tegninger 23 March 1948 18 April 1948 10
1948 Oslo Norway Kunstnernes Hus Vincent van Gogh, Malerier Tegninger 24 April 1948 15 May 1948 10
1948-49 The Hague Netherlands Haags Gemeentemuseum Vincent van Gogh. Collectie Ir. V.W. van Gogh 12 October 1948 10 January 1949 61
1950 Hilversum Netherlands Raadhuis Tentoonstelling Vincent van Gogh 7 October 1950 5 November 1950 11
1951 Arles France Musée Réattu Vincent van Gogh en Provence 5 May 1951 27 May 1951 14
1951 Lyon France Musée de Lyon Vincent van Gogh 5 February 1951 27 March 1951 14
1951 Grenoble France Musée de Grenoble Vincent van Gogh 30 March 1951 2 May 1951 14
1951 Nijmegen Netherlands Waaggebouw Tentoonstelling schilderijen van Vincent van Gogh 3 November 1951 27 November 1951 5
1951-52 Alkmaar Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Tentoonstelling schilderijen van Vincent van Gogh 1 December 1951 1 January 1952 5
1952 Enschede Netherlands Rijksmuseum Twenthe Vincent van Gogh 20 February 1952 16 March 1952 17
1952 Eindhoven Netherlands Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum Vincent van Gogh 22 March 1952 4 May 1952 16
1954-55 Bern Switzerland Kunstmuseum Bern Vincent van Gogh 27 November 1954 30 January 1955 17
1954-55 Bern Switzerland Kunstmuseum Bern Vincent van Gogh 27 November 1954 30 January 1955 17
1955 Antwerp (1) Belgium Feestzaal Vincent van Gogh 7 May 1955 19 June 1955 167
1955 Amsterdam (1) Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Vincent van Gogh 24 June 1955   81
1955 Liverpool United Kingdom Walker Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, Mainly from the Collection of Ir. V.W. van Gogh 29 October 1955 10 December 1955 15
1955-56 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester City Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, Mainly from the Collection of Ir. V.W. van Gogh 17 December 1955 4 February 1956 15
1956 Newcastle-upon-Tyne United Kingdom Laing Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings, Mainly from the Collection of Ir. V.W. van Gogh 11 February 1956 24 March 1956 15
1956 Leeuwarden Netherlands Friesch Museum Vincent van Gogh uit de Collectie Ir. V.W. van Gogh, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 14 April 1956 13 May 1956 12
1956 Breda Netherlands Cultureel Centrum Confrontatie Noord/Zuid 30 June 1956 29 July 1956 88
1957 Breda Netherlands De Beyerd Vincent van Gogh 2 February 1957 24 February 1957 38
1957 Marseille France Musée Cantini Vincent van Gogh 12 March 1957 28 April 1957 23
1957 Leiden Netherlands Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal Vincent van Gogh 9 November 1957 16 December 1957 10
1957-58 Schiedam Netherlands Stedelijk Museum Vincent van Gogh 21 December 1957 27 January 1958 10
1958 San Francisco United States M.H. de Young Memorial Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 6 October 1958 30 November 1958 18
1958 Deventer Netherlands Muntentoren Schilderijen van Vincent van Gogh 31 January 1958 20 February 1958 8
1958 Mons Belgium Musée des Beaux-Arts Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890). Son Art et Ses Amis 22 March 1958 5 May 1958 10
1958-59 Los Angeles United States Los Angeles County Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 10 December 1958 18 January 1959 18
1959 Portland United States Portland Art Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 28 January 1959 1 March 1959 18
1959 Seattle United States Seattle Art Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 7 March 1959 19 April 1959 18
1959-60 Utrecht Netherlands Centraal Museum Vincent van Gogh schilderijen en tekeningen verzameling Ir. V.W. van Gogh 18 December 1959 1 February 1960 14
1960 Montreal (1) Canada Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Vincent van Gogh. Paintings-Drawings 6 October 1960 6 November 1960 26
1960 Ottawa Canada National Gallery of Canada Vincent van Gogh. Paintings-Drawings 17 November 1960 18 December 1960 26
1960-61 Winnipeg Canada Winnipeg Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings-Drawings 29 December 1960 31 January 1961 26
1961 Baltimore United States Baltimore Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 18 October 1961 26 November 1961 16
1961 Toronto Canada Art Gallery of Toronto Vincent van Gogh. Paintings-Drawings 10 February 1961 12 March 1961 26
1961-62 Cleveland United States Cleveland Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 5 December 1961 14 January 1962 16
1962 Pittsburgh United States Carnegie Institute Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 18 October 1962 4 November 1962 16
1962 Boston United States Museum of Fine Arts Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 22 March 1962 29 April 1962 16
1962 Buffalo United States Albright Art Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 30 January 1962 11 March 1962 16
1962-63 Detroit United States Detroit Institute of Arts Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 11 December 1962 29 January 1963 16
1963 Kansas City United States William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 7 February 1963 26 March 1963 16
1963 Humlebaek Denmark Louisiana Vincent van Gogh. Malerier og Tegninger 24 October 1963 15 December 1963 12
1963 Sheffield United Kingdom Graves Art Gallery An Exhibition of the Works of Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings Lent by Mr. V.W. van Gogh Through the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 21 April 1963 19 May 1963 3
1964 Washington, D.C. United States Washington Gallery of Modern Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 2 February 1964 19 March 1964 12
1964 New York (4) United States Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings 2 April 1964 28 June 1964 12
1965 Stockholm Sweden Moderna Museet Vincent van Gogh. Mälningar, Akvareller, Teckningar 23 October 1965 19 December 1965 12
1965 Ghent Belgium Museum voor Schone Kunsten Vincent van Gogh. Schilderijen, Aquarellen, Tekeningen 19 February 1965 21 March 1965 8
1965 Charleroi Belgium Palais des Beaux-Arts Vincent van Gogh. Schilderijen, Aquarellen, Tekeningen 19 January 1965 28 March 1965 8
1965-66 Gothenburg Sweden Göteborgs Konstmuseum Vincent van Gogh. Mälningar, Akvareller, Teckningar 30 December 1965 20 February 1966 12
1967 Wolfsburg Germany Stadhalle Wolfsburg Vincent van Gogh. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen 18 February 1967 2 April 1967 21
1968-69 London United Kingdom Hayward Gallery Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings of the Vincent van Gogh Foundation Amsterdam 23 October 1968 12 January 1969 52
1969 Los Angeles United States Los Angeles County Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 14 October 1969 1 December 1969 12
1969-70 Saint Louis United States City Art Museum of Saint Louis Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 20 December 1969 1 February 1970 12
1970 Baltimore United States Baltimore Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 11 October 1970 29 November 1970 12
1970 Philadelphia United States Philadelphia Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 28 February 1970 5 April 1970 12
1970-71 San Francisco United States M.H. de Young Memorial Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 11 December 1970 31 January 1971 12
1971 Brooklyn United States Brooklyn Museum Vincent van Gogh. Paintings and Drawings 14 February 1971 4 April 1971 12
1971-72 Paris (1) France Orangerie des Tuileries Vincent van Gogh. Collection du Musée National Vincent van Gogh à Amsterdam 21 December 1971 10 April 1972 21
1972 Bordeaux France Musée des Beaux-Arts Vincent van Gogh. Collection du Musée National Vincent van Gogh à Amsterdam 21 April 1972 20 June 1972 7
1972-73 Strasbourg France Musée d'Art Moderne Vincent van Gogh. Collection du Musée National Vincent van Gogh à Amsterdam 22 October 1972 15 January 1973 5
1973 Bern Switzerland Kunstmuseum Bern Vincent van Gogh. Collection du Musée National Vincent van Gogh à Amsterdam 25 January 1973 15 April 1973 5
1987-88 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester City Art Gallery Hard Times. Social Realism in Victorian Art 14 November 1987 10 January 1988 108
1988 New Haven United States Yale Centre for British Art Hard Times. Social Realism in Victorian Art 6 April 1988 29 May 1988 108
1988 Amsterdam (1) Netherlands Van Gogh Museum Hard Times. Social Realism in Victorian Art 24 January 1988 13 March 1988 108
1992 London United Kingdom Barbican Art Gallery Van Gogh in England. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 27 February 1992 4 May 1992 31
1996 Tokyo (1) Japan Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art Vincent van Gogh and his Time. Still Lifes from the Vincent van Gogh Museum and the H.W. Mesdag Museum 12 September 1996 11 November 1996 5
1998-99 Washington, D.C. (2) United States National Gallery of Art Van Gogh's Van Goghs. Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 4 October 1998 3 January 1999 18
1999 Los Angeles (1) United States Los Angeles County Museum of Art Van Gogh's Van Goghs. Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 17 January 1999 16 May 1999 18
2000-01 London United Kingdom National Gallery Impressionism: Painting Quickly in France 1 November 2000 28 January 2001 ---
2001 Williamstown United States Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Impressionism: Painting Quickly in France 17 June 2001 9 September 2001 ---
2003 Amsterdam (2) Netherlands Van Gogh Museum Gogh Modern 27 June 2003 12 October 2003 ---
2005 Tokyo Japan National Museum of Modern Art Van Gogh in Context 23 March 2005 22 May 2005 34
2005 Osaka Japan National Museum of Modern Art Van Gogh in Context 31 May 2005 18 July 2005 34
2005 Nagoya Japan Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art Van Gogh in Context 26 July 2005 25 September 2005 34
2009-10 Cologne Germany Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Vincent van Gogh: Shoes: A Painting As Our Guest 17 September 2009 10 January 2010 ---
2011 Amsterdam (1) Netherlands Van Gogh Museum Van Gogh in Antwerp and Paris: New Perspectives 22 June 2011 18 September 2011 ---
2011-12 Genoa Italy Palazzo Ducale Van Gogh e il viaggio di Gauguin 12 November 2011 15 April 2012  
2012 Moscow Russia Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts The Imaginary Museum 28 April 2012 29 July 2012  
2012-13 Paris (1) France Grand Palais Bohèmes 26 September 2012 14 January 2013  
2013-14 Amsterdam Netherlands Van Gogh Museum Van Gogh at Work 1 May 2013 12 January 2014 ---
2016 Tokyo Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Van Gogh and Gauguin: Reality and Imagination 8 October 2016 18 December 2016  
2017 Nagoya Japan Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art Van Gogh and Gauguin: Reality and Imagination 3 January 2017 20 March 2017  
2019 London United Kingdom Tate Britain Van Gogh and Britain 27 March 2019 11 August 2019  

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