LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and ink on paper

Measurements:

5.28 in. (13.40 cm.) (height) by 8.11 in. (20.60 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed 'Vincent' (verso)

Exhibited:

Kunsthaus Zürich, Vincent van Gogh, July-August 1924, p. 36, no. 99. Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum and New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings, July-December 2005, p. 286, no. 97 (recto illustrated in color, p. 287). London, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters, January-April 2010, p. 180, no. 99 (recto illustrated in color, p. 181).

Literature:

V. van Gogh, "Lettres à Théodore van Gogh (Arles, 1887-88-89-90-91)" in Mercure de France, vol IX, no. 46, October 1893, p. 117 (recto illustrated). J. Meier-Graefe, Vincent van Gogh, Munich, 1910, p. 67 (illustrated). P. Gauguin, "Vincent van Gogh" in Kunst und Künstler, vol. VIII, 1910, p. 581 (recto illustrated). E. Bernard, ed., Lettres de Vincent van Gogh à Emile Bernard, Paris, 1911 (recto illustrated, pl. XLV). J. Leymarie, Van Gogh, Paris, 1951, p. 82 (recto illustrated). C. Nordenfalk, The Life and Work of Van Gogh, London, 1953, p. 206, no. 38 (illustrated, pl. 38). J-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, p. 508, no. 1453 (recto illustrated; with incorrect provenance). J. Hulsker, Van Gogh door Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1973, p. 156 (illustrated). P. Lecaldano, L'opera pittorica completa di Van Gogh e i suoi nessi grafici, Milan, 1977, vol. II, p. 213, no. 575B (recto illustrated, p. 212). J. Hulsker, The Complete van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1980, p. 364, no. 1590 (recto illustrated). V. Merlhès, Correspondance de Paul Gauguin: documents, témoignages, Paris, 1984, vol. I, p. 480 (recto illustrated). R. Pickvance, Van Gogh in Arles, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1984, p. 176 (recto illustrated, fig. 47). H. van Crimpen and M. Berends-Albert, eds., De brieven van Vincent van Gogh, The Hague, 1990, vol. III, p. 1721 (recto illustrated). R. Dorn, Décoration: Vincent van Goghs Werkreihe für das Gelbe Haus in Arles, Hildesheim, 1990 (recto illustrated on the front cover). J.-B. de la Faille and A. Wofsky, ed., Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1992, vol. I, pp. 138 and 378, no. 1453 (recto illustrated, vol. II, pl. CLVIII). I.F. Walther and R. Metzger, Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings, Cologne, 1993, vol. II, p. 422 (recto illustrated). J. Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches: Revised and Enlarged Edition of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Vincent van Gogh, Philadelphia, 1996, p. 364, no. 1590 (recto illustrated). I.F. Walther and R. Metzger, Vincent van Gogh, The Complete Paintings, Cologne, 2001, p. 422 (recto illustrated). M. Gayford, The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles, New York, 2006, p. 18 (recto illustrated). M. Vellekoop and R. Zwikker, Vincent Van Gogh Drawings: Arles, Saint-Rémy and Auvers-sur-Oise, 1888-1890, Amsterdam, 2007, vol. 4, p. 173, no. 349d (recto illustrated in color). L. Jansen, H. Luijten and N. Bakker, eds., The Letters, The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition: Arles, 1888-1889, London, 2009, vol. 4, pp. 292-296, no. 691 (full letter translated; recto illustrated in color, p. 294; verso illustrated in color, p. 295).

Provenance:

Theo van Gogh, Paris (sent by the artist, circa 29 September 1888). Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris (by descent from the above, 1891). Emile Bernard, Paris (sent by the mother of the above [Johanna van Gogh-Bonger], 1893). (probably) Ambroise Vollard, Paris (acquired from the above, circa 1900). Galerie Tanner, Zürich. R. Dreher, Brienz, Switzerland (1918). Private collection, Europe (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 24 June 2003, lot 52. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.