The collection of Baron Denys Cochin
Van Gogh
Falling Leaves (Les Alyscamps)
1888 · Canvas, 73 × 92 cm
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
See in the collectionDenys Cochin’s first purchase from Vollard, in March 1896: a Van Gogh the dealer had paid Joseph Ginoux, the café keeper of Arles, 61 francs for on 22 January, and sold on at a profit of 310 francs[1, 2]. The avenue of tombs at Arles under the autumn poplars, painted about 1 November 1888, in Gauguin’s weeks there; the Metropolitan Museum’s catalogue thought of the other Allée des Alyscamps, but this is the one whose provenance names him[1, 3].
In his hands: Came in March 1896, from Vollard · Left, to Fabre
Today: At the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, KM 108.668: the provenance runs from Ginoux to Vollard in 1896, then to the “Cochin coll., Paris, 1896”, to Fabre, Druet and Schuffenecker, from whom Helene Kröller-Müller bought it in April 1912 for 10,000 guilders[3].
Photograph from Wikimedia Commons, “Van Gogh - Les Alyscamps, fallende Blätter.jpeg”, public domain
Sources (3)
1.Rebecca A. Rabinow (dir.), Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006, p. 39, 53, 129, 137, 149, 223, 271 et 395, et notice 42 par Jayne S. Warman, Paul Cézanne, The Cardplayers (pages transmises par la famille) ; p. 246 et n. 13, fig. 149 et notes, lues par la recherche plein texte d’Internet Archive (cezannetopicasso0000unse), p. 53.
Reference work · partly read (restricted access), 6 October 2026 · view ↗
« Of the nine Van Gogh paintings sold after the first exhibition (that is, from June 1895 to December 1896), five were bought by artists […]; two by dealers (Eugène Blot and Maurice Clouet); and two by collectors (Denys Cochin and Adrien Hébrard). These two early collectors were important both for the establishment of Van Gogh’s reputation and for the growth of Vollard’s business. Les Alyscamps was the first purchase from Vollard made by Cochin, a politician and a député de Paris (member of parliament), who in time amassed an important collection of paintings, many bought from Vollard. »
2.Rebecca A. Rabinow (dir.), Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006, p. 39, 53, 129, 137, 149, 223, 271 et 395, et notice 42 par Jayne S. Warman, Paul Cézanne, The Cardplayers (pages transmises par la famille) ; p. 246 et n. 13, fig. 149 et notes, lues par la recherche plein texte d’Internet Archive (cezannetopicasso0000unse), p. 271.
Reference work · partly read (restricted access), 6 October 2026 · view ↗
« The figure recorded in the Mouvements was the profit on the transaction and not the sale price. […] In March 1896 the Mouvements records 310 francs in relation to a payment from Denys Cochin for Van Gogh’s Arles camp: the purchase price listed in the Caisse (January 22, 1896) was 61 francs from Joseph Ginoux; the commission paid to Henri Laget listed in the Caisse (January 22, 1896) was 10 francs. »
3.Van Gogh Worldwide (RKD – Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis, Van Gogh Museum, Kröller-Müller Museum), Vincent van Gogh, Falling Leaves (Les Alyscamps), F 486, Kröller-Müller Museum, KM 108.668 : notice et provenance, notice F486, provenance.
Reference work · read in full, 6 October 2026 · view ↗
« Kröller-Müller Museum. Falling Leaves (Les Alyscamps). Date c. 1 November 1888. Location made Arles. Oil on canvas, 72.8 × 91.9 centimeters. Catalogue number(s) F486, JH 1620. Provenance (description): J.-M. Ginoux, Arles (1888?); Ambroise Vollard, art dealer, Paris, 1896; D. Cochin coll., Paris, 1896; M. Fabre coll., Paris (r 1901); Eugène Druet, art dealer, Paris; A. Schuffenecker coll., Meudon; purchased by H. Kröller-Müller from A. Schuffenecker, April 1912 (fl. 10.000,-). »
