Vincent van Gogh
1853 - 1890
LE MOULIN À L'EAU
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Van Gogh Museum.
Anna Carbentus van Gogh-Carbentus, Nuenen & Breda (the artist's mother; left behind with her in 1884)
Janus Schrauwen, Breda (acquired from the above in 1889)
Jan C. Couvreur, Breda (acquired from the above on August 14, 1902)
Kees Mouwen Jr. & Willem van Bakel, Breda (acquired from the above in 1902-03)
Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Rotterdam (acquired on consignment from the above)
Unger en Van Mens Art Gallery, Rotterdam
Private Collection, The Netherlands
Sale: Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, April 25, 1966, lot 41
Douwes (sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, April 4, 1967, lot 18)
Samuel J. & Ethel LeFrak, New York (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent
Rotterdam, Netherlands, Kunstzalen Oldenzeel, Vincent van Gogh, January 1903, no. 2 (titled Watermolen)
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, Noordbrabants Museum, Van Gogh in Brabant, Paintings and drawings from Etten and Nuenen, 1987-88, no. 77, illustrated in color in the catalogue (titled Watermill at Coll)
R. Jacobsen, Onze Kunst, 1903, part 1, p. 115
Vanbeselaere, 1937, pp. 284, 330, 414
A. Tellegen, Museumjournal, 1968, pp. 117-22
Jacob-Baart de la Faille, L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1928, vol. 1, no. 48 bis, catalogued p. 25; vol. 2, no. 48 bis, illustrated pl. XIII
Marc Edo Tralbaut, Vincent van Gogh, New York, 1969, n.n., illustrated in color p. 137 (titled Kollen Watermill)
Jacob Baart de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. F. 48a, illustrated p. 61 (titled Water Mill at Kol, Near Nuenen)
Jan Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Revised and Enlarged Edition of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Vincent Van Gogh, New York, 1980, no. 488, illustrated p. 114
Ingo F. Walther & Rainer Metzger, Vincent van Gogh, The Complete Paintings, Volume I, Etten, April 1881 - Paris, February 1888, Cologne, 1990, n.n., illustrated in color p. 40 (titled Water Mill at Kollen near Nuenen)
Giovanni Testori & Luisa Arrigoni, Van Gogh, Catalogo completo dei dipinti, Florence, 1990, no. 46, illustrated p. 32
Jan Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Revised and Enlarged Edition of the Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Vincent Van Gogh, New York, 1996, no. 488, illustrated in color p. 114
Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten & Nienke Bakker, Vincent van Gogh, The Letters, The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition, Volume 3: Drenthe - Paris, 1883-1887, n.n., illustrated in color p. 153
Nienke Denekamp, René van Blerk & Teio Meedendorp, The Vincent van Gogh Atlas, New Haven & London, 2015, n.n., illustrated in color p. 96 (titled Watermill at Kollen)