Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890

An unrecorded impression of this extremely rare transfer lithograph, 1883, with considerable additional work in pen and black and grey inks, on white wove paper, in good condition apart from minor paper discoloration, some small losses and short tears at edges of sheet

Ex coll. Dr Heinrich Stinnes (Lugt 1376a) with his stamp

Doctor Heinrich Stinnes (d.1932), whose collection was described by Lugt as "une des meilleures et plus riches d'Allemagne", comprised many of the finest examples of late 19th and early 20th century printmaking.

A detailed examination of the provenance reveals that Stinnes owned two impressions of this important print. This has caused some confusion, leading to the provenance of both works to be combined and listed under Van Heugten & Pabst 8.4

The present impression of this subject was bought from J.H. De Bois, Harlem, perhaps late in 1930, as De Bois had only recently acquired this print from the R.W.P. Vries sale (July 1930, lot 480). After the death of the collector it remained in the family's collection until 1938, when it was sold in Switzerland at Guteskunst & Klipstein, Bern (incorrectly identified as the impression previously sold by the Stinnes family), and remained in Switzerland until the present day.

It appears that Stinnes had bought his first impression of this print from the Dutch dealer J.H. De Bois, earlier in 1930. It had been in the collection of Van de Weele, and on the death Stinnes, it was sold at C. Boerner, 1932, lot 114 (subsequently offered at Sotheby's, London in 1970, lot 111).

Van Heugten and Pabst record four impressions of this subject: The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; The Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo; Bibliothèque d'Art et d'Archéologie (Fondation Jacques Doucet), Paris; Private Collection, Switzerland. This impression is unrecorded by Van Heugten and Pabst.

Sold with a copy of the authentication from the Van Gogh Museum.