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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 28, 2023 | Sotheby's | London | Modern & Contemporary Day Auction | 343 | $****** - ****** | Orphan man, wearing a blouse, sitting with a pipe |
Works on Paper
47 x 26 cm (18.5 x 10.24 in)
pencil on paper
(probably) A.C. van Gogh-Carbentus, Nuenen and Breda (the artist"s mother; probably left by the artist between November 1885 and February 1886)
Janus Schrauwen, Breda (acquired from the above in April 1888)
Jan C. Couvreur, Breda(acquired from the above on 14 August 1902)
Kees Mouwen Jr and Willem van Bakel, Breda (acquired from the above in 1902-03)
H. P. Bremmer, The Hague
Private Collection, The Hague (acquired by descent from the above in 1956)
Art Gallery E.J. van Wisselingh, Amsterdam (acquired in 1959)
Eva Kobrinsky, Winnipeg
Christie"s London, 29 June 1982, lot 107 (consigned by the above)
Acquired by the present owner
Amsterdam, E.J. van Wisselingh, Maîtres français. XIXme et Xxme siècles , 1958, no. 18 (titled Batelier assis )
Jacob-Baart de la Faille, L"Œuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalogue raisonné , Paris and Brussels, 1928, vol. IV, no. 1046, illustrated pl. LV; vol. III, no. 1046, p. 51, catalogued (titled Batelier assis )
Walther Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche periode (1880-1885) in het werk van Vincent van Gogh , Amsterdam, 1937, p. 110 (wrongly with no. 1086)
Jacob-Baart de la Faille, The works of Vincent van Gogh. His paintings and drawings , Amsterdam 1970
Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches , New York and Oxford, 1980, no. 282, p. 71, illustrated
Jan Hulsker, The new complete Van Gogh. Paintings, drawings, sketches , Amsterdam and Philadelphia, 1996
Jacob-Baart de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh. The complete works on paper. Catalogue raisonné , vol. 2, San Francisco, 1992
Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke Bakker (eds.), Vincent van Gogh, The letters. The complete illustrated and annotated edition , London, 2009, letter 270
Property from a Distinguished Japanese Collection
Vincent van Gogh
1853 - 1890
Orphan man, wearing a blouse, sitting with a pipe
pencil on paper
47 by 26 cm. 18½ by 10¼ in.
Executed in 1882.
