The Magrot House, Cuesmes

c. 1879/1880

Vincent van Gogh

Associated Names
Vincent van Gogh

Artist, Dutch, 1853 - 1890

This drawing shows a house from the side, the front of the house facing the bottom right corner and one side of the house visible on the left. The house has several chimneys extending upward from its pointed, tiled roof. Four windows with shutters are visible on the front of the house, with a door on the left. Trees are sketched to the left of the house, and the sky behind it is blank. The background on the right is blank except for faint horizontal lines, perhaps indicating water or grass. The ground is shaded with short horizontal lines that suggest flat ground with some texture, like stone, dirt, or grass. The drawing has been done on off-white paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite(?) over charcoal on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 23 x 29.4 cm (9 1/16 x 11 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1991.217.65

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faille 1992, Juvenilia no. XXXII

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Decrucq, Cuesmes; M.G. Delsaut, Cuesmes; Samuel Delsaut, Cuesmes (sold London, Christie, Manson & Woods, April 14, 1970, no. 41); Armand Hammer Collection, 1970; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1960

  • Vincent van Gogh, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, 1960, no. 199.

  • Vincent van Gogh, Cuesmes (Borinage), Belgium, 1960, no. 9.

1970

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

1983

  • Remained on long term loan to LACMA following exhibition there in 1983.

1985

  • Exhibited with Armand Hammer collection again from 1985, beginning with Albuquerque Museum; except Birmingham Museum of Art, 1985; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, 1985; and Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1986.

2015

  • Van Gogh in the Borinage: The Birth of An Artist. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mons, 2015, 53-54, 255, no. 40, repr. p. 118 (color).

Bibliography

1927

  • The Letters of Vincent van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886, London, Boston, and New York, 1927, vol.1, pp. 220-25, letter number 136.

1959

  • Museum Journal (Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam), ser. 5, no. 4 (Oct. 1959): 80-81.

1969

  • Tralbaut, Marc Edo. Le Mal Aimé, Lausanne, 1969, p. 63.

1970

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

1985

  • Bernard, Bruce. Vincent by Himself. London, 1985: 23.

1992

  • Faille, Jacob Baart de la. Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper. San Francisco, 1992: no. XXXII (Juvenilia), as "La Maison Magros")

Inscriptions

lower left in charcoal: V.G.; lower right in graphite: M Magrot; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 8502 A

Wikidata ID

Q64633804

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