Vincent van Gogh

C. M. van Gogh Art Gallery (the artist's uncle), Amsterdam
Kunsthandel W. Walrecht, The Hague
H.P. Bremmer, The Hague, thence by descent
Mrs Bremmer-Hollman (sale: Christie's, Amsterdam, 12th December 1990, lot 255)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Huinck en Scherjon, Scilderijen door Vincent van Gogh, J.B. Jongkind, Floris Verster, 1932
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Verzameling H.P. Bremmer, 1950, no. 41
Montpellier, Musée Fabre, De Jongkind à Van Gogh, 1952, no. 16
Vlaardingen, Holland, Visbank, Van Gogh, 1953, no. 6
Berlin, Bezirksamt Tiergarten, 1953, no. 14
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh, Vincent van Gogh, aquarelles et dessins de l'époque 1881-1885 provenant de collections particulières Néerlandaises, 1961, no. 12
Münich, Städtische Galerie, Van Gogh, Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, 1961, no. 19
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Schilders vrondom de Herengracht, 1970
Zeist, Holland, Exspositieruimte het Zeisterslot, 17 Schilders in hun Haagse tijd, no. 63
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Van Gogh, Van Gogh in zijn Hollandse Jaren, 1980-81, no. 78
The Hague, Haags Historisch Museum, Van Gogh in Den Haag, 1990, no. 56
London, Royal Academy, The Real Van Gogh, The Artist and his Letters, 2010, no. 9, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Beeldende Kunst, 1914, vol. 1,10, no. 80
Jacob-Baart de la Faille, L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalogue raisonné, Dessins, Aquarelles, Lithographies, Paris & Brussels, 1928, no. 941 p. 28
Walther Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche periode (1880-1885) in het werk van Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890), Antwerp & Amsterdam, 1937, pp. 78, 83, 130-1 and 408 (titled Hofje bij Sien's moeder)
Jacob-Baart de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, London, 1970, no. F 941, illustrated p. 351
Jan Hulsker, 'Van Gogh's first and only commission as an artist', Vincent (Rijksmuseum Vincent Gogh bulletin), 1976, vol. IV, no. 4, illustrated pp. 5-19
Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, New York, 1977, no. 146, illustrated p. 41
Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Oxford, 1980, no. 146, illustrated p. 41
Griselda Pollock, Vincent van Gogh and Dutch Art, dissertation, London University, 1980, illustrated p. 95
Griselda Pollock, "Stark encounters, modern life and urban work in van Gogh's drawings of The Hague 1881-3, Art History, vol. VI, no. 3, 1983, p. 336 and 343
Han van Crimpen and Monique Berends-Albert, Die brieven van Vincent van Gogh, The Hague, 1990, p. 571, no. 229 (old no. 200), p. 572-573, no. 203 (old no. 202), p. 576, no. 232 (old no. 203), p. 600, no. 242 (old no. 210)
Michiel van der Mast & Charles Dumas (ed.), Van Gogh en Den Haag, Zwolle, 1990, no. 56, illustrated p. 50
Jacob-Baart de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh, The Complete Works on Paper, Catalogue raisonné, San Francisco, 1992, vol. I, no. 941, vol. II, illustrated pl. XXX
Jan Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam & Philadelphia, 1996, no. 146, illustrated p. 41

Executed on cream laid paper, lined with another supporting sheet, which is hinged to the overmount intermittently along the upper edge. There are small losses to all four corners, probably relating to previous artist's pinholes. The paper is quite brittle resulting in some very fine cracks in places and associated tiny ink losses (most prominently to the central gable and the woman's shawl). This situation is now stabilised by the supporting lining. There is some extremely minor creasing in places due to the laying down process, a small repaired tear to the left part of the extreme lower edge and two further small repairs to the right part of the extreme upper edge. The sheet is slightly time-stained. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition. Colours: the blacks are darker, the paper less yellow and overall more contrasted in the original when compared to the printed catalogue.
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