Wheat Field with Poppies
Framed: 30 1/4 × 34 3/4 × 3 1/8 inches (76.84 × 88.27 × 7.94 cm)
- 129
[None known at this time.]
Edgardo Acosta (1913–1999), Beverly Hills;
Purchased at Impressionist and Modern Paintings
and Sculpture (Part II), Christie’s,
New York, May 13, 1987, lot 310, as Champ
de blé aux coquelicots, by a private collector, 1987– November 5, 2004;
Purchased at their sale, Impressionist and Modern Art Part Two: including property from the Philip and Muriel Berman Collection and property from the Estate of Sarabel Florsheim, Sotheby’s, New York, November 5, 2004, lot 233, as Champ de Blé aux Coquelicots, by private collector, 2004;
With Anderson Galleries, Beverly Hills, CA, stock no. K1406, as Champ de Blé aux Coquelicots, at least by April 28, 2006;
Purchased from Anderson Galleries by Mr. Min-Hwan and Mrs. Yufan Kao, Leawood, KS, April 28, 2006– June 11, 2021;
Their gift to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2021.
(Possibly) Edgardo Acosta Gallery. n.d. Gallery and institution file: Edgardo Acosta Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA. : miscellaneous uncataloged material.
(Possibly) Edgardo Acosta Gallery. 1950. Recent acquisitions: masters of the school of Paris : June 17-July 31, Edgardo Acosta Gallery. [Beverly Hills, Calif.]: [Edgardo Acosta Gallery].
(Possibly) Edgardo Acosta Gallery. 1963. The most unusual exhibit and sale of fine arts works of the year: November 18-December 24, 1963 : over 100 specially selected paintings, gouaches, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, etchings, and sculptures : by young and old masters of modern European painting including Ameglio ... [et al.]. Beverly Hills, Calif: Edgardo Acosta Gallery.
(Possibly) Edgardo Acosta Gallery. 1969. Specially selected paintings for the holiday season: November 17 through December 31, Edgardo Acosta Gallery, Ltd. Beverly Hills, Calif: The Gallery.
(Possibly) Butterfield & Butterfield. 1971. Antique English, Oriental and continental furniture, collection of Chinese and Persian rugs, objets d'art, silver, jewelry, crystal and paintings, antique arms. San Francisco: Butterfield & Butterfield.
(Possibly) Galerie du Jonelle, and Edgardo Acosta Gallery. 1972. The most important collection of modern French paintings ever to be exhibited in Palm Springs. Palm Springs, Calif.?: Galerie du Jonelle?.
Jean Valtat, Louis Valtat: catalogue de l’œuvre peint 1869–1952 (Neuchâtel, Switzerland: Ides et Calendes, 1977), no. 1336, p. 149, as Champ de blé aux coquelicots. (incorrectly dated to 1918)
Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture (Part II), (New York: Christie’s, May 13, 1987), 79, as Champ de blé aux coquelicots.
Impressionist and Modern Art Part Two: including property from the Philip and Muriel Berman Collection and property from the Estate of Sarabel Florsheim (New York: Sotheby’s, November 5, 2004), 138, as Champ de Blé aux Coquelicots.
