Van Gogh's 'Tarascon Stagecoach' to Travel to Brooklyn Museum and MoMA After Lacma Debut

Vincent van Gogh's Tarascon Stagecoach (October 1888), part of a 63-work donation from the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation to three American museums, will be exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York after its unveiling at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) earlier this year. The painting, depicting a horse-drawn coach in Arles, will be included in the exhibition 'Cézanne to Modigliani: Gifts of Modern Art from the Pearlman Collection' at the Brooklyn Museum from 2 October to 18 April 2027, before moving to MoMA later in 2027. The donation allocates six works to Lacma, 29 to the Brooklyn Museum, and 28 to MoMA, with all 63 initially shown together at each venue before being integrated into permanent collections. The painting's provenance includes ownership by avant-garde dealer Père Julien Tanguy, Italian sculptor Medardo Rosso, and Uruguayan artist Milo Beretta, making it the first Van Gogh to reach the Americas. Henry Pearlman, a self-made entrepreneur, acquired the work in 1950. The painting's colors, described by Van Gogh in a letter to his brother Theo, have faded over time, with the pink wall now almost white. Van Gogh also referenced Alphonse Daudet's novel 'Tartarin de Tarascon' (1872) as an influence. The work was previously lent to the Princeton University Art Museum for nearly 50 years and toured internationally from 2014-16.