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Vincent van Gogh

Sower (Front View)

Auction Closed

May 17, 10:38 PM GMT

Estimate

550,000 - 650,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Vincent van Gogh

1853 - 1890


Sower (Front View)

bearing the signature Vincent (lower right)

pencil on paper

19 by 9½ in.

48.5 by 24.1 cm.

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 from the above by the present owner
Jean-Baptiste de la Faille, L'Oeuvre 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
Jean-Baptiste de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings, London 1970, no. F1000, p. 371, illustrated 
Jean-Baptiste 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
Paris, Musée Jacquemart André, Vincent Van Gogh, 1960, no. 88