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Property from a Private Collection

Vincent Van Gogh

Head of a Peasant Woman, Left Profile

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

Vincent Van Gogh

1853 - 1890


Head of a Peasant Woman, Left Profile

chalk on paper

34.3 by 21 cm. 13½ by 8¼ in.

Framed: 52 by 40.7 cm. 20½ by 16 in.

Executed in Nuenen in December 1884 - May 1885.


The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Theo van Gogh, Amsterdam (acquired from the artist)

Jo van Gogh-Bonger and Vincent Willem van Gogh, Amsterdam (acquired by descent in 1891 from the above)

Mr and Mrs Visser Omes, Amsterdam (acquired from the above in 1945)

E. J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam (acquired from the above in 1958)

Mrs L. S. Pollock, Dallas (acquired from the above in 1958)

Estate of L.S. Pollock, Dallas

Christie's, New York, 12 November 1997, lot 337 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the above sale)

Sotheby's, London, 6 February 2001, lot 110 (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, USA (acquired from the above sale)

Christie's, New York, 9 May 2012, lot 109 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Jacob-Baart de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. F1169, p. 424, illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)

Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1977, no. 631, pp. 140-41, illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)

Jacob-Baart de la Faille, Vincent Van Gogh, The Complete Works on Paper, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1992, vol. I, no. 1169, p. 299

Jacob-Baart de la Faille, Vincent Van Gogh, The Complete Works on Paper, Catalogue Raisonné, San Francisco, 1992, vol. II, pl. LXXXVIII, n.p., illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)

Amsterdam, E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Maîtres Français du XIXème et XXème Siècles, 1958, no. 17

Dallas, Museum of Fine Arts (on loan 1989-97)