LOT DETAILS

Materials:

reed pen and ink and pencil on paper

Measurements:

12.09 in. (30.70 cm.) (height) by 18.66 in. (47.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

indistinctly signed 'Vincent' (lower left), indistinctly inscribed 'Vue prise a Montmajour' (lower right)

Exhibited:

Leiden, Stedelijk Museum 'De Lakenhat', April 1893, no. 142.Groningen, Groningsch Museum, March - April 1897, no. 142.Berlin, Paul Cassirers Kunst-Verlag, Katalog der Vierzehneten Ausstellung der Berliner Secession, Zeichnende Künste, December 1907, no. 122.Munich, Moderne Kunsthandlung, 1908, no. 88.Dresden, Emil Richter Gallery, Vincent van Gogh: Paul Cezanne, April - May 1908, no. 92.Berlin, Paul Cassirer Gallery, Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890, May - June 1914, no. 102.Otterlo, Rijksmuseum, Vincent van Gogh: drawings, paintings, March - July 1990, pp. 221-222, 227; this exhibition later travelled to Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum.

Literature:

J.B de la Faille, L'oeuvre de Vincent Van Gogh, Catalogue raisonné, Brussels, 1928, no. 1448, p. 137 (illustrated).Museum Boymans-van Beuningen ed., 'Vincent van Gogh', in Bulletin, vol. XVIII, Rotterdam, 1967, no. XVIII, p. 30 (illustrated).J.B de la Faille, The works of Vincent van Gogh, New York, 1970, no. F 1448 (illustrated).C.W. Millard, 'A chronology for Van Gogh's Drawings of 1888', in Master Drawings, vol. XII, no. 2, 1974, p. 158.J. Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Oxford, 1980, no. 1432, p. 324 (illustrated).W. Feilchenfeldt, Vincent van Gogh & Paul Cassirer, Berlin: the reception of Van Gogh in Germany from 1901 to 1914, Amsterdam, 1988, p. 132 (illustrated).J.B. de la Faille, Vincent Van Gogh, The Complete Works on Paper, vol. II, San Francisco, 1992, no. 1448, p. 377 (illustrated pl. CLV).J. Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Ketches: revised and enlarged edition of the catalogue raisonné of the works of Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1996, no. 1432, pp. 318-324 (illustrated p. 324).Van Gogh Museum eds., The account book of Theo Van Gogh and Jo Van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam, 2002, p. 20.A. Robertis & M. Smolizza, Vincent van Gogh. Le Opere Disperse, Milan, 2005, p. 167.M. Vellekoop & M. Hageman, Vincent Van Gogh Drawings, Arles, Saint-Rémy & Auvers-sur-Oise 1888-1890, Amsterdam, 2007, pp. 109-113 (illustrated).Exh. cat., Vincent Van Gogh, The Drawings, New York, 2005, pp. 49, 55, 150 & 224.M. Vellekoop & R. Zwikker, Vincent Van Gogh, Drawings, vol. IV, Amsterdam, 2007, no. 335c, p. 109 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Theo van Gogh, Paris (the seven drawings of the first Montmajour series were mailed to Theo by the artist on 26 May 1888).Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, Amsterdam, by descent from the above.Paul Cassirer, Berlin, by whom acquired from the above in November 1907.Alfred Walter von Heymel, Munich, by 1914.August Heye, Bremen.Fritz Nathan, Zurich; sale, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, 24 November 1955, lot 11.J.B. Neumann, New York, by whom acquired at the above sale.Richard Feigen Gallery, New York.Harold Hecht – Gloria Hecht Desser, United States, by whom acquired from the above circa 1955.Duffy Hecht, by descent from the above, 1985.Acquired by the present owner in 2013.