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VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)

Lot 22
09.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 1 855 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1306131
Lot 22 | VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)
Estimate value
£ 800 000 – 1 200 000
VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)
Kop van een vrouw met witte muts (Head of a Woman with White Cap)
oil on canvas
15 3/8 x 12 in. (39.2 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in Nuenen in January - February 1885




Provenance

Galerie Eugene Blot, Paris.
Mikhail Zetlin, Paris, by 1928.
Cuno Amiet, Oschwand, Switzerland, by whom acquired circa 1932-1935, gifted to Peter Thalmann on 6 April 1960, and thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, on or around 23 January 1885.
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, on or around 26 January 1885.
J.-B. de la Faille, L'oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, Tableaux, Paris, 1928, no. 65, p, 28 (titled 'Buste de paysanne').
W. Vanbeselaere, De hollandsche periode (1880-1885) in het werk van Vincent van Gogh, Antwerp, 1937, pp. 286-289, 336, 337 & 414.
J.-B. de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh, London & Toronto, 1939, no. 71, p. 77 (illustrated fig. 65; titled 'Study of a Peasant-Woman' and dated 'January 1885').
J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. F65, p. 64 (illustrated; titled 'Peasant Woman with White cap: Head, Three Quarters Left' and dated 'January 1885').
P. Lecaldano, L’opera pittorica completa di Van Gogh e i suoi nessi grafici, Milan, 1977, no. 91, p. 98 (illustrated p. 99; dated 'January 1885').
J. Hulsker, Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam, 1977, no. 627, p. 140 (illustrated p. 141).
S. van Heugten, ed., Vincent van Gogh, Drawings, vol. II, Nuenen 1883-1885, Amsterdam, 1997, no. 108d, p. 127 (illustrated).
L. Jansen, H. Luijten & N. Bakker, eds., Vincent van Gogh: The Letters, vol. 3, Drenthe - Paris: 1883-1887, London, 2009, nos. 479 & 480, pp. 200-202.
I.F. Walther & R. Metzger, Vincent van Gogh, The Complete Paintings, vol. I, Etten, April 1881 – Paris, February 1888, Cologne, 2012, p. 71 (illustrated; titled 'Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap' and dated 'January 1885').



Further Details

The work has been requested by the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, for a short period after the sale to complete their non-invasive technical analysis, including x-ray and other technical photography to further their Automated Canvas Analysis Project.
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