
Masterpieces from the Lewis Collection
Vieux se chauffant
Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Vincent van Gogh
1853 - 1890
Vieux se chauffant
signed Vincent (lower left)
pencil, charcoal and pen and ink on paper
33.7 by 25 cm. 13¼ by 9⅞ in.
Executed in 1881-82.
The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
H.P Bremner, The Hague
Julia Elisabeth Crommelin-Tutein Nolthenius, Delft (acquired circa 1910 and until at least 1937)
Hugo Tutein Nolthenius, Amsterdam (acquired by 1941 and until 1944)
Kitty de Kanter-Crommelin, Delft (acquired by descent from the above)
Hendrik de Kanter, California (acquired from the above circa 1970)
Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles
M. Knoedler & Co., New York
Christie’s, London, 3 July 1973, lot 44
Private Collection, USA
Sotheby’s, New York, 12 November 1987, lot 132 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection, Austria (acquired from the above sale)
Sotheby’s, London, 1 December 1992, lot 6 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Amsterdam, E. J. Van Wisselingh & Co., Vincent van Gogh. Aquarelles & dessins de l’époque 1881-1885 provenant de collections particulières Néerlandaises, 1961, no. 30 (titled Vieil Homme se chauffant and dated 1883)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (on loan from Hendrick de Kanter)
J.-B. de la Faille, L’Œuvre de Vincent van Gogh - Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 4, Paris and Brussels, 1928, no. 1086, Pl. LXIV
Walter Vanbeselaere, De hollandsche periode (1880-1885) in het werk van Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Antwerp, 1937, no. 1086, pp. 92-93, 173, 185 and 410 (titled Weesmannetje naast de kachel and dated November 1882)
J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. F1086, pp. 334-335, illustrated
Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, London, 1980, no. c.b., p. 487
J.-B. de la Faille, Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper - Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, San Francisco, 1992, no. 1086, p. 59 and vol. II, no. 1086, Pl. LXIV, p. viii (titled Vieil homme se chauffant)
Liesbeth Heenk, “Van Gogh's drawings. A closer look”, in Apollo, no. 140, issue 393, November 1994, pp. 37-38, fig. 1, illustrated (titled Man near a stove and dated 1883)
Jan Hulsker, The new complete Van Gogh. Paintings, drawings, sketches, Amsterdam & Philadelphia 1996, p. 498
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