Old Man Carrying a Basket, Facing Right

1882

Vincent van Gogh

Artist, Dutch, 1853 - 1890

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite with gray and black wash on brown wove paper, squared lightly in graphite

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 47.9 x 22.6 cm (18 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.217.67

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faille 1992, no. 964


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jan Dona [1870 - 1941], The Hague?; H.S. Stork, Vienna, Austria; W.P. Maclaine Pont, Bilthoven, the Netherlands; Mrs. A.W. Maclaine Pont-Stork, Zwolle, the Netherlands; J. Donna, The Hague, the Netherlands; Armand Hammer Collection, Los Angeles (bought London, Sotheby & Co., July 2, 1970, no. 20); gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1970

  • Exhibited with the Armand Hammer collection from 1970, starting with Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, 1970; except Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1971.

1996

  • The Early Van Gogh and The Hague School, Kunstforum Wien, Vienna, 1996, no. 29.

Bibliography

1927

  • The Letters of Vincent van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886, London, Boston, and New York, 1927, vol.2, pp. 40-46, letter 251.

1928

  • Faille, J.-B. de la. L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, catalogue raisonné. 4 vols. Paris and Brussels, 1928: 3:33, no. 964; 4:pl. 35.

1937

  • Dr. Walther Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche Periode (1880-1885) in Het Werk van Vincent van Gogh, Antwerp, 1937, pp. 97, 170, 208, 409.

1958

  • Gogh, Vincent van. The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh. Edited by Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. 3 vols. London, 1958: 1:504-8, letter 251.

1970

  • Faille, Jacob Baart de la. The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings. Revised ed. Amsterdam, 1970: no. 964.

1980

  • Hulsker, Jan. The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, drawings, sketches. New York, 1980: no. 273.

1992

  • Faille, Jacob Baart de la. Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper. San Francisco, 1992: no. 964.

Wikidata ID

Q64633806


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