Vincent Van Gogh
Sower (Front View)
Auction Closed
April 10, 05:18 PM GMT
Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Vincent van Gogh
1853 - 1890
Sower (Front View)
bears the signature Vincent (lower right)
pencil on paper
48,5 x 24,1 cm; 19 x 9½ in.
Executed in The Hague in December 1882.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
Galerie d'Art Oldenzeel, Rotterdam
Henri Cornelis Sijthoff, Wassenaar (acquired before 1927)
Adriana Metje Sijthoff-Burgerhout, Wassenaar (by descent from the above and until at least 1965)
Han Jüngeling, The Hague and Amsterdam
Sotheby's London, 5 December 1968, lot 283 (consigned by the above)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Paris, Musée Jacquemart André, Vincent Van Gogh, 1960, no. 88
Jacob Baart de la Faille, L'Œuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, Paris and Brussels 1928, no. 1000, p. 41 (titled Le semeur); vol. IV, no. 1000, pl. XLIV, illustrated
Walther Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche periode in het werk van Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam 1937, pp. 66, 98, 186-87, 190, 192, 206, 233 and 409
Jacob Baart de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, London 1970, no. F1000, p. 371, illustrated
Jacob Baart de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh, The Complete Works on Paper, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, San Francisco 1992, no. 1000, p. 41 (titled Le semeur); vol. II, no. 1000, p. vii, pl. XLIV, illustrated
Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam 1977, no. 276, p. 70, illustrated
Van Gogh Museum, ed., Vincent Van Gogh. Drawings, Volume I: The Early Years, 1880-1883, Amsterdam 1996, p. 174