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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 28, 2019 | Christie's | London | Hidden Treasures: Impressionist & Modern Masterpieces from an Important Private Collection | 15 | $****** - ****** | Portrait de femme: buste, profil gauche |
paintings
60 x 50.2 cm (23.63 x 19.75 in)
oil on canvas
Emile Bernard, Paris, probably a gift from the artist.
Ambroise Vollard, Paris, by whom probably acquired from Mme Bernard, on 15 June 1899.
Auguste Bauchy, Livry, by whom acquired from the above.
Justin K. Thannhauser, Berlin & Lucerne, by whom acquired from the above, through Galerie Zak, Paris, on 8 July 1929; his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 12 April 1945, lot 104.
Mr & Mrs Alfred Wyler, New York, by 1955.
Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, on consignment from the above.
Acquired from the above by the present owners, on 8 November 1985.
Paris, Thannhauser Galleries, 1939.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Vincent van Gogh, July - August 1955, no. 61, n.p. (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Vrouwenportrat (profiel)').
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Vincent van Gogh: 1853-1890, February - May 1960, no. 20b (titled 'Portrait de jeune femme').
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Van Gogh and Expressionism, July - September 1964, n.p. (with incorrect dimensions).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Prized Possessions: European Paintings from Private Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June - August 1992, no. 61, pp. 160-161 (illustrated pl. 141, p. 103; titled 'Young Woman with Red Bow').
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Van Gogh Face to Face: The Portraits, July - September 2000, p. 92 (illustrated fig. 79, p. 93; titled 'Young Woman with a Red Bow').
G. Coquiot, Vincent van Gogh, Paris, 1923, p. 309 (titled 'Portrait de jeune fille au ruban rouge'; dated 'Paris, March 1886-February 1888').
J.-B. de la Faille, L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Paris & Brussels, 1928, no. 207, p. 62 (illustrated vol. II, fig. 207, pl. LV; titled 'Portrait de femme').
J.-B. de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh, London, 1939, no. 223 / F207 , p. 179 (illustrated).
M.E. Tralbaut, Vincent van Gogh in zijn Antwerpsche Periode, Amsterdam, 1948, no. 29, pp. 201-202 & 284 (illustrated pl. XVII).
C. Nordenfalk, The Life and Work of van Gogh, New York, 1953, no. 27, p. 205 (illustrated p. 82; with incorrect provenance).
A. Blunt & P. Pool, Picasso: The Formative Years, A Study of his Sources, New York, 1962, no. 78, n.p. (illustrated n.p.).
A.M. Hammacher, Genius and Disaster: The Ten Creative Years of Vincent van Gogh, New York, 1968, p. 182 (illustrated p. 24).
J. Leymarie, Who was Van Gogh?, Geneva, 1968, pp. 52, 55 & 207 (illustrated p. 53).
M.E. Tralbaut, Vincent van Gogh, New York, 1969, p. 171 (illustrated).
J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. F 207, p. 108 (illustrated; illustrated again p. 146).
P. Lecaldano, L’opera pittorica completa di Van Gogh e i suoi nessi grafici, Milan, 1971, no. 235, pp. 107-108 (illustrated p. 107; titled 'Busto di donna (con fiocco rosso nel capelli').
J. Lassaigne, Vincent van Gogh, Milan, 1972, no. 2, p. 24 (illustrated p. 25).
J. Hulsker, The Complete van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1977, no. 979, p. 214 (illustrated p. 215 & illustrated again p. 221; titled 'Woman with a Scarlet Bow in Her Hair').
J. Hulsker, Vincent and Theo van Gogh: A Dual Biography, Ann Arbor, 1990, pp. 213-214.
I.F. Walther, Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings, vol. I, Etten, April 1881-Paris, February 1888, Cologne, 1993, p. 140 (illustrated p. 141; titled 'Portrait of a Woman with Red Ribbon').
J. Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam, 1996, no. 979, p. 214 (illustrated p. 215 & illustrated again p. 221; titled 'Woman with a Scarlet Bow in Her Hair').
M. Vellekoop & S. van Heugten, Vincent van Gogh Drawings, vol. III, Antwerp & Paris, 1885-1888, Van Gogh Museum, Hampshire, 2001, pp. 59-60 (illustrated fig. 217a, p. 62; titled 'Woman with a red bow in her hair').
D.M. Field, Van Gogh, Fränkisch-Crumbach, 2003, p. 112 (illustrated; detail illustrated p. 113; titled 'Portät einer Frau mit rotem Band').
L. Jansen, H. Luijten & N. Bakker, eds., Vincent van Gogh: The Letters, The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition, vol. III, Drenthe-Paris, 1883-1887, London, 2009, no. 550, p. 332 & no. 551, p. 336 (illustrated fig. 1, p. 332 & illustrated again fig. 7, p. 336; titled 'Woman with a scarlet bow in her hair').
L. Jansen, H. Luijten & N. Bakker, eds., Vincent van Gogh- The Letters, Amsterdam, 2010, Letter 550, note 2; Letter 551, note 8; Letter 640, note 1 (accessible online at http://vangoghletters.org).
E. Hendriks & L. van Tilborgh, Vincent van Gogh Paintings, vol. II, Antwerp & Paris, 1885-1888, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 2011, pp. 162, 168 & 170 (illustrated fig. 46a, p. 170; titled 'Head of a woman with a scarlet bow in her hair').
S. Koldehoff & C. Stolwijk, eds., The Thannhauser Gallery: Marketing Van Gogh, Amsterdam, 2017, no. 68, p. 232 (illustrated p. 233; titled 'Frau mit einer roten Haarschleife').
R. Skea, Vincent’s Portraits, Paintings and Drawings by Van Gogh, London, 2018, no. 2, p. 10 (illustrated p. 11; with incorrect provenance).
oil on canvas
23 5/8 x 19 3/4 in. (60 x 50.2 cm.)
Painted in Antwerp in December 1885
