Vincent van Gogh, a bronze sculpture modelled by Joseph Mendes da Costa, cast by Petermann, Brussels circa 1915

modelled as a portrait of the artist standing full length, holding a palette and brushes, looking upwards pleading 'Mijn God mag het' (My God, may it happen') -as inscribed on the base

H. P. Bremmer, The Hague

Christie's Amsterdam, 1990, sale 2130 lot 232

Stichting Hopmanshuis Zwolle, Herleving Nederlandse Beeldhouwkunst van 1890 - 1920, 1959

Cf. Wendingen V, 1923, p. 7; Hammacher 1941, p. 43-45, 74; Hammacher 1955, fig. 29, 30; Van Uitert, 1977, p. 22; Kunstschrift no. 1, 1997, p. 32, fig. 45 (Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam); Exhib Cat Laren 2000, collection Meentwijck, p. 171, fig. 196 for other casts, and the collections of Kroller-Müller Museum and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

In good condition but for minor traces of age and wear to the patina
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Executed in an edition of thirteen