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VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)

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ID 1163397
Lot 8 | VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)
VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)

Naaiende vrouw (Woman Sewing)

gouache, watercolour and black and white chalk on paper

23 ¾ x 17 ½ in. (60.1 x 44.6 cm.)

Executed in Etten in October - November 1881





Provenance

Kunstzalen Unger & van Mens, Rotterdam.

Anthony van Hoboken, Vienna & Ascona, by 1937 and until 1945.

Arthur & Martha Stoll, Arlesheim, Switzerland, by whom acquired in 1951 and until 1980.

Private collection, Switzerland; sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 6 June 2008, lot 48.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

W. Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche Periode in het Werk van Vincent van Gogh, Antwerp, 1937, no. 886, pp. 56, 74 & 408 (dated 'November - December 1881').

Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft, Sammlung Arthur Stoll, Skulpturen und Gemälde des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, Zurich & Stuttgart, 1961, no. 74, p. 18 (illustrated; titled 'Frau am Fenster nähend').

J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. 886, pp. 329 & 645 (illustrated p. 329; titled 'Woman, Sewing by the Window: Facing Right').

J. Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Oxford, 1980, no. 69, p. 26 (illustrated).

J.-B. de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper, vol. I, Text, San Francisco, 1992, no. 886, p. 15 (titled 'Femme assise devant la fenêtre'; illustrated vol. II, Plates, no. 886, pl. XV; titled 'Woman Sewing by the Window: Facing Right').

E. N. Heenk, Vincent van Gogh's Drawings, an Analysis of their Production and Uses, diss., London, 1995, p. 44.

J. Hulsker, The New Complete van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam, 1996, no. 69, p. 26 (illustrated).

R. Dirven, R Nelemans & K. Wouters, Vincent van Gogh: het mysterie van de Bredase kirsten: verloren vondsten, exh cat., Breda's Museum, Breda, 2003, p. 91.

R. Nelemans & R. Dirven, The Sower, Gateway to a Career, Vincent van Gogh in Etten, Breda, 2010, no. 72 (illustrated).



Exhibited

(Possibly) Rotterdam, Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Tentoonstelling van Werken Door Vincent van Gogh, November - December 1904, no. 61.

Rotterdam, Kunstzalen Unger & van Mens, June - July 1922 (titled 'De vrouw aan het venster').

Rotterdam, Kunstzalen Unger & van Mens, Werken van Fransche en Hollandsche meesters, April 1927, no. 34.

Rotterdam, Kunstzalen Unger & van Mens, Teekeningen van Vincent van Gogh, David Oyens, Jan Sluyters, Jaque Toorop, enz., July 1927 (titled 'Vrouwenfiguurtje').

Rotterdam, Kunstzalen Unger & van Mens, Fransche en Hollandsche kunst, November 1928, no. 18 (titled 'een Brabantsche vrouw').

Rotterdam, Kunstzalen Unger & van Mens, Tentoonstelling van meesterwerken der Fransche en Hollandsche schilderkunst, April - May 1929, no. 41 (titled 'Vrouw aan het venster').

Basel, Galerie Marguerite Schulthess, 25 Werke von Vincent van Gogh, June - August 1945, no. 19, p. 30 (titled 'Femme assise devant la fenêtre').

Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Vincent van Gogh, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, April - June 1970, no. 3.

Berlin, Liebermann Villa am Wannsee, Max Liebermann und Vincent van Gogh, April - August 2015.

Münster, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Wilhelm Morgner und die Moderne, November 2015 - March 2016 (titled 'Die Näherin Beim Fenster').
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