Dr. Gachet (Man with a Pipe)

1890

Vincent van Gogh

Artist, Dutch, 1853 - 1890

Paul Louis Lucien Gachet

Printer, French, 1873 - 1962

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 18.2 x 15 cm (7 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 40.1 x 28.2 cm (15 13/16 x 11 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.8221

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faille 1992, no. 1664 C

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 13 April 1939, no. 155); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1945

  • French Prints of the 19th Century from the Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Biblioteca Benjamin Franklin, Mexico City, 1945, no. 37.

2011

  • Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Tokyo; Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, 2011, unnumbered catalogue.

2013

  • Van Gogh Repetitions, The Phillips Collection, Washington; Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013-2014, (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1970

  • Faille, Jacob Baart de la. The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings. Revised ed. Amsterdam, 1970: no. 1664.

1992

  • Faille, Jacob Baart de la. Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper. San Francisco, 1992: no. 1664 C.

2010

  • Jones, Kimberly A. Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 2010.

Inscriptions

in plate, at upper right: 25 Mai 90; verso, at bottom, in graphite, by the hand of Paul L.L. Gachet: L'Homme à Pipe (Dr. Gachet). Eau forte de Vincent van Gogh (Mai 1890) Auvers S/Oise. P. Gachet

Wikidata ID

Q65026319

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