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Cypresses in Starry Night

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Creator	Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890
Title	Cypresses in Starry Night
Date	ca. June 20-July 2, 1889
Date Destroyed or Lost	unknown
Nationality	Dutch
Medium	pen and ink
Object Dimensions	47 x 62.5 cm
Circumstances of Destruction or Loss	The drawing is one of around 4,000 works from the Kunsthalle Bremen that were transferred to Schloss Kernzow north of Berlin for safekeeping during the war. In 1945 they were discovered by Viktor Baldin, a Moscow museum director who was serving in the Russian army. Baldin took several of the drawings back to Moscow and they eventually found their way into the collection of the Hermitage. It is unclear whether the drawing remains in the Hermitage or is one of the 1,500 works that remain missing.
Notes	For more information see: Study after Van Gogh's Starry Night (1889) in the Museum of Modern Art, NY. Gogh, Vincent van, and J.-B. de la Faille. Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper : Catalogue Raisonné. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1992. cat. no. 1540. See also: Douglas, Carylre C. "Moscow Letting Long Lost Masters Leave." New York Times. 19 Aug. 1990.
Subjects	World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war Art treasures in war Landscapes Cypress Stars Night Moon
Source	Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library Photo Archive, 225 South Street, Williamstown MA, 01267
Form-Genre	Drawing
Collection	Lost Art
Local Item Type	unlabeled clipping
CONTENTdm number	467