Head of a Woman

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Nuenen, December 1884-May 1885

chalk on paper, 34.6 cm x 20.9 cm

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

F-number
F1170
JH-number
JH0630
Object number
d0092V1969
Dimensions
34.6 cm x 20.9 cm
Provenance
Left by the artist at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, after May 1885; 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, 14 March 1969; 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)

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Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Van Gogh. Face to Face, 12 March-4 June 2000, no. zonder nr.

Florence, Istituto Universitario Olandese di Storia dell'Arte, Van Gogh in nero. La grafica, 10 October-14 December 1997

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Vincent van Gogh tekeningen. Nuenen 1883-1885, 20 June-12 October 1997, no. 98

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Uitert, Evert van, Hoyle, Michael, Crimpen, Han van, The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1987, p. 407

Heugten, Sjraar van, Vincent van Gogh drawings : volume 2 : Nuenen 1883-1885 : Van Gogh Museum, 1997, p. 110-121

Heugten, Sjraar van, Vincent van Gogh tekeningen : Nuenen 1883-1885 : Van Gogh Museum : 2, 1997, p. 110-121

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