Provenance
1R. Wagner Berlin Wildenstein no. 511.
2André Bonger Amsterdam & Almen • 1903 until [d.] 1936 Wildenstein no. 511.
3Mme André Bonger-Baronne van der Borch van Verwolde Almen • 1936–1952 Widow of the above, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., Jacques Seligmann & Co. Records, Box 16, Folder 15, Correspondence between Germain Seligman, New York, and Mme André Bonger-Baronne van der Borch van Verwolde, Almen, starting 28 September 1949 in regard to an exhibition of works by Redon in the Seligmann Gallery in New York, with various references to the pastel Le Calvaire, no. 13 in the list of works to be loaned.
4Germain Seligman New York • 1952–1953 Acquired from the above, Correspondence as above, n. (3), Letter from Mme André Bonger-Baronne van der Borch van Verwolde, Almen, to Germain Seligman, New York, 22 January 1952, agreeing to the sale of four works, including no. 13, Le Calvaire, for a total of $ 1.950; Odilon Redon 1840–1916, Pastels and Drawings, (exh. cat.) Jacques Seligmann Galleries, New York; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (Ohio); Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (Minnesota) 1951–52, no. 10.
5Emil Bührle Zurich • 26 September 1953 until [d.] 28 November 1956 Acquired from the above for $ 6.500, AStEGB, Invoice from Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, made out to Emil Bührle, 15 June 1953, with provenance and exhibition history; Letter from Germain Seligman, New York, to Emil Bührle, 26 September 1953, acknowledging receipt of the total sum of $ 37.500 for five works of art acquired by Bührle, including Redon, Le Calvaire.
6Given by the heirs of Emil Bührle to the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection Zurich • 1960 Inv. 84.
AStEGB = Archive of the Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich
Alec Wildenstein, Odilon Redon, Catalogue raisonné de l’œuvrepeint et dessiné, 4 vol., Paris, 1992-1998.
Exhibitions
1951Odilon Redon 1840–1916, Pastels and Drawings Jacques Seligmann Galleries, New York • Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (Ohio) • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (Minnesota) • 1951–52 no. 10.
1983Odilon Redon Kunstmuseum Winterthur • Kunsthalle Bremen • 1983–84 p. 193.
1996Odilon Redon La Natura dell'Invisibile Museo Cantonale d'Arte • Lugano • 1996 no. 109.
2003Odilon Redon, Mythos und Traum, Aus der Sammlung Arthur und Hedy Hahnloser-Bühler und aus Schweizer Privat- und Museumsbesitz Villa Flora • Winterthur • 2003–04 (not in cat.).
2007Odilon Redon, Wie im Traum Schirn Kunsthalle • Frankfurt/Main • 2007 no. 163.
2010Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Die Sammlung Bührle zu Gast im Kunsthaus Zürich Kunsthaus Zurich • 2010 no. 84.
2014Odilon Redon Fondation Beyeler • Riehen/Basel • 2014 p. 99.
2016Von Dürer bis van Gogh, Sammlung Bührle trifft Wallraf Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud • Cologne • 2016–17 no. 18.
References
1956Roseline Bacou Odilon Redon Geneva • 1956 • vol. 1 La vie et l'œuvre, Point de vue de la critique au sujet de l'œuvre, pp. 127 (n. 1), 272 (n. 2) • vol. 2 Documents divers, illustrations no. 50, fig. 50.
1956Odilon Redon (exh. cat.) • Orangerie des Tuileries • Paris • 1956–57 • entry for cat. no. 49.
1960Germain Seligman Merchants of Art, 1880–1960, Eighty Years of Professional Collecting New York • 1960 • fig. 118a.
1964Klaus Berger Odilon Redon, Phantasie und Farbe Cologne • 1964 no. 355.
1967André Parrot Vingt ans d'acquisitions au musée du Louvre 1947–1967 (exh. cat.) • Orangerie des Tuileries • Paris • 1967 • entry for cat. no. 505.
1973Leopold Reidemeister etc. Stiftung Sammlung Emil G. Bührle • Fondation Collection Emil G. Bührle • Foundation Emil G. Bührle Collection Zurich & Munich • 1973 • no. 77 (ill.; 21986).
1987Roseline Bacou Odilon Redon, Pastels Arcueil • 1987 • no. 14 (ill.; English edition: London & New York • German edition: Odilon Redon, Pastelle, Cologne 1988).
1992Alec Wildenstein • Agnès Lacau St-Guily Odilon Redon,Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint et dessiné vol. 1 Portraits et figures Paris • 1992 • no. 511 (ill.).
2005Lukas Gloor • Marco Goldin (ed.) Foundation E.G. Bührle Collection, Zurich, Catalogue vol. 2 • Conegliano & Zurich • 2005 • no. 91 (ill.; German edition: Stiftung Sammlung E.G. Bührle, Katalog • Italian edition: Fondazione Collezione E.G. Bührle, Catalogo).
2021Lukas Gloor «The Holdings of the Emil Bührle Collection: Illustrated List of All 633 Purchases» in The Emil Bührle Collection: History, Full Catalogue and 70 Masterpieces Swiss Institute for Art Research, Zurich (ed.) • Munich • 2021 • no. 314 (ill.).