Keywords: Vincent Van Gogh - Three Sunflowers F453.jpg Artwork Creator Vincent van Gogh en This is the mysterious so-called Lausanne Sunflowers It was purchased by an unidentified private collector from a New York dealer in 1996 for an undisclosed sum The last time it was exhibited was in 1948 when the Cleveland had it for a month Previously it had been exhibited three times for a total of just six weeks in Paris Since the 1948 exhibition its movements have been shrouded in mystery and few people have seen it in recent years The painting is said to be in excellent condition This image from Martin Bailey's 2013 book is likely the best image available Bailey doesn't give a picture credit 1888 Technique oil canvas Size cm 73 58 object history 1889 Theo van Gogh Paris 1891 Jo Bonger Bussum 1891 Octave Mirbeau Paris via Tanguy Paris £12 1912 Jacques Doucet Paris via Bernheim Jeune Gallery Paris £2 000 1929 Jeanne Doucet Paris 1930 Jean Dubrujeaud Paris 1968 Jean Angladon-Dubrujeaud Avignon 1970 Georges Embericos Lausanne via Schmidt gallery Paris £600 000 1996 Unidentified private collector via a New York gallery undisclosed exhibition history 1901 Paris 4 1927 Paris 1948 Cleveland 9 credit line <gallery> File Van Gogh - Drei Sonnenblumen in einer Vase jpeg File Van Gogh Vase with Three Sunflowers jpg </gallery> Bailey Martin The Sunflowers Are Mine The Story of Van Gogh's Masterpiece Frances Lincoln Limited 2013 pp 53 image 202 provenance ISBN 978-0-7112-3298-3 Van Gogh catalogues 453 1559 http //vangoghletters org/vg/search/advanced originaltext original translation translation annotations notes essays essays bibliography bibliography other other term person_terms person_code literature_terms literature_code workofart_terms workofart_code sketch_terms sketch_code bibleref_terms bibleref_code f_number 453 jh_number periodical from 1 to 1 id_range id_type jlb_id date_from 1872-09-29 date_until 1890-07-31 period correspondent_name correspondent_id place_name place_id order date search2 x 13 search2 y 4 Letters cite web Letter 666 To Theo van Gogh Arles Tuesday 21 or Wednesday 22 August 1888 http //vangoghletters org/vg/letters/let666/letter html Vincent van Gogh The Letters Van Gogh Museum 1 3 large flowers in a green vase light background no 15 canvas n 2 Van Gogh is mistaken about the size the work measures 73 x 58 cm which makes it a ˜no 20 figure ™ canvas 73 x 60 cm PD-old-100 accession number Three Sunflowers in a Vase |