LOT DETAILS

Materials:

charcoal, pen, brush and black and sepia ink and pencil on paper

Measurements:

12.99 in. (33.00 cm.) (height) by 10.39 in. (26.40 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

signed 'Vincent' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Kunsthalle Basel, Vincent van Gogh, October-November 1947, p. 34, no. 145 (titled Beim Wäschehängen). Frankfurt am Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut; Kunsthaus Zürich and London, Royal Academy, Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Robert von Hirsch, March-June 1978, p. 60, no. 146.

Literature:

W. Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche periode in het werk van Vincent van Gogh, Antwerp, 1937, pp. 275 and 395, no. 1284 (titled Schotel Wasschende Boerin). J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, p. 453, no. 1284 (illustrated, p. 452). J. Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1980, p. 201, no. 907 (illustrated; titled Peasant Woman at the Wash Tub and Peasant Woman Hanging Up the Laundry). 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. 102 and 329, no. 1284 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. CXIV).

Provenance:

Hidde Nijland, Dordrecht and The Hague. Scott & Fowles, New York; sale, The Anderson Galleries, New York, 3-4 April 1924, lot 290. J.W. Böhler, Lucerne (by 1937). Robert von Hirsch, Basel (by 1970); 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. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.