Head of a Woman

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

pencil, pen and ink, on paper, 14.4 cm x 10.0 cm

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

F-number: F1176
JH-number: JH0549
Object number: d0272V1971
Dimensions: 14.4 cm x 10.0 cm
Provenance: Sent by the artist from Nuenen to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, sometime between December 1884 and January 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, 5 March 1971; 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)

Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Vincent van Gogh tekeningen. Nuenen 1883-1885, 20 June-12 October 1997, no. 118

Uitert, Evert van, Hoyle, Michael, Crimpen, Han van, The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1987, p. 406

Heugten, Sjraar van, Vincent van Gogh drawings : volume 2 : Nuenen 1883-1885 : Van Gogh Museum, 1997, p. 124-133

Heugten, Sjraar van, Vincent van Gogh tekeningen : Nuenen 1883-1885 : Van Gogh Museum : 2, 1997, p. 124-133