Fragment of a Venus

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Paris, March-May 1886

chalk on paper, 26.6 cm x 22.1 cm

Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Object number
d0303V1972v
Dimensions
26.6 cm x 22.1 cm
Provenance
Left by the artist at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, sometime between October 1886 and January 1887; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 17 May 1972; given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Vincent van Gogh
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Vincent van Gogh. Die Pariser Zeichnungen, 22 March-16 June 2002

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Vincent van Gogh tekeningen. Antwerpen & Parijs, 1885-1888, 28 September 2001-6 January 2002, no. 272

Uitert, Evert van, Hoyle, Michael, Crimpen, Han van, The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1987, p. 442

Heugten, Sjraar van, Vellekoop, Marije, Zwikker, Roelie, Hageman, Monique, Vincent van Gogh drawings : volume 3 : Antwerp & Paris 1885-1888 : Van Gogh Museum, 2001, p. 138-176

Heugten, Sjraar van, Vellekoop, Marije, Zwikker, Roelie, Hageman, Monique, Vincent van Gogh tekeningen : Antwerpen & Parijs 1885-1888 : Van Gogh Museum : 3, 2001, p. 138-176

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