LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil with white heightening and wash on paper

Measurements:

19.69 in. (50.00 cm.) (height) by 8.66 in. (22.00 cm.) (width)

Exhibited:

Amsterdam, E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Peinture française XIXe et XXe siècle, April-May 1949, no. 23.

Literature:

W. Vanbeselaere, De hollandsche periode (1880-1885) in het werk van Vincent van Gogh, Antwerp, 1937, pp. 92, 185 and 409, no. 966 (titled Man met Bezem and dated November 1882).V.W. van Gogh and J. van Gogh-Bonger, eds., The Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh, London, 1958, vol. I, pp. 463-467 and 470-473, nos. 235-236 and 238; vol. III, pp. 333-336, no. R14.J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, p. 368, no. F996 (illustrated; dated October-November 1882). J. Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1980, p. 71, no. 283 (illustrated).J.-B. de la Faille and A. Wofsy, eds., Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1992, vol. I, p. 257, no. 996 (illustrated, vol. II, pl. XLIII; titled Orphan Man with a Broom and dated October-November 1882). 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. 71, no. 283 (illustrated; dated December 1882).L. Jansen, H. Luijten and N. Bakker, eds., The Letters, The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition: The Hague, 1881-1883, London, 2009, vol. 2, pp. 162-164 and 167-172, nos. 268 and 270-272.

Provenance:

M. de Zwart, Voorburg, Netherlands.Hubert Paulus, Baron van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Katwijk aan Zee, Netherlands.Anon. sale, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 26 November 1913, lot 123.E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam.M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York.Acquired by the late owner, circa 1952.