The provenance for The Outskirts of Paris, oil on canvas, 46 x 55 cm, 1886 (Paris) Private collection, Santa Barbara, goes as follows:

            Theo van Gogh, Paris, 1886

            Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam, 1891

            V.W. van Gogh, Laren, 1925

            Leicester Galleries, London, 1926

            Earl of Sandwich, Huntingdon, 1926

            Wildenstein Gallery, New York, 1956

            Norman B. Woolworth, Monmouth, Maine, 1958

            Parke-Bernet (auction), 31 October 1962, lot 21

            Mrs. Norman B. Woolworth, Monmouth, Maine

            Christies, London, 21 December 1967, lot 42

            Nathan Cummings, New York

            Private Collection, Santa Barbara, California

           There is also a complete condition report mentioning that the painting has been lined and there is a repaired tear in the lower left located around the fence to the left of the policeman, with scattered retouch across the painting.

Alex Boyle