ID 990342
Lot 36 | VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)
Estimate value
£ 1 200 000 – 1 800 000
Boerin bij de wastobbe, in een tuin
(Woman by the Wash Tub, in a Garden)
signed 'Vincent' (lower right)
black crayon, pen, brush and black and sepia ink and pencil on paper
12 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. (32.5 x 26.5 cm.)
Executed in Nuenen in September - October 1885
Provenance
Hidde Nijland, Dordrecht & The Hague.
Scott & Fowles, New York.
Private collection, United States, by whom acquired from the above; sale, The Anderson Galleries, New York, 3-4 April 1924, lot 290 (illustrated).
Julius Wilhelm Böhler, Lucerne, by whom acquired in New York by 1928.
Robert von Hirsch, Basel; his estate sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1978, lot 842.
Max Sachar, Cape Town; sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1983, lot 109.
Private collection, United States, circa 2000; sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2007, lot 20.
Private collection, New England, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie’s, New York, 5 November 2013, lot 3.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J.-B. de la Faille, L'œuvre de Vincent van Gogh: Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, Paris & Brussels, 1928, no. 1284, p. 102.
W. Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche periode, 1880-1885, in het werk van Vincent van Gogh, Antwerp, 1937, no. 1284, pp. 275, 395 & 412 (titled 'Schotel wasschende boerin').
J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. 1284, p. 453 (illustrated, p. 452).
J. Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1977, no. 907, p. 201 (illustrated; titled 'Peasant Woman at the Wash Tub and Peasant Woman Hanging Up the Laundry').
J.-B. de la Faille and A. Wofsy, ed., Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1992, vol. I, no. 1284, pp. 102 & 329 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. CXIV).
J. Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam & Philadelphia, 1996, no. 907, p. 210 (illustrated; titled 'Peasant Woman at the Wash Tub and Peasant Woman Hanging Up the Laundry' and dated 'second half August 1885').
Exhibited
Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Vincent van Gogh, October - November 1947, no. 145, p. 34 (titled 'Beim Wäschehängen').
Frankfurt am Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Robert von Hirsch, March - April 1978, no. 146, p. 60; this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, April - May 1978 and London, Royal Academy, June 1978.
New York, Dickinson Roundell, 19th & 20th Century Works on Paper, May 2000, no. 17.
Special Notice
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| Artist: | Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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