The Thinker at the Window, Drawing in the manner of Goya

Odilon Redon (1840 - 1916), 1878

charcoal on paper, 44.9 cm x 33.9 cm

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

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Object number
d1048V1996
Dimensions
44.9 cm x 33.9 cm, 84 cm x 69 cm
Provenance
Sold by the artist, Paris to Edmond Picard, Brussels, 7 December 1889; consigned by Edmond Picard to auction Brussels, Galerie J. & A. Le Roy frères (Collection de tableaux anciens et modernes, aquarelles, dessins, eaux-fortes, lithographies de M. Edmond Picard), lot 94 (Le Penseur au vitrail), purchased by Andries Bonger, Amsterdam for FRF 115, 26 March 1904; after his death on 20 January 1936 inherited by his widow, Françoise W.M. Bonger-van der Borch van Verwolde, Amsterdam; after her death in 1975 bequeathed to her heirs, the Netherlands; sold by these heirs to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 1996; since then on permanent loan to the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
artist
Odilon Redon
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Madrid, Fundación MAPFRE, Odilon Redon, 11 February-29 April 2012

Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, Impressionism: Masterworks on Paper, 14 October 2011-8 January 2012

Frankfurt am Main, Schirn Kunsthalle, Wie im Traum: Odilon Redon, 26 January-29 April 2007

Shimane Art Museum, Odilon Redon : le souci de l'absolu, 2 August-23 September 2002

Gifu, Museum of Fine Arts Gifu, Odilon Redon : le souci de l'absolu, 8 October-8 December 2002

Tokyo, Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh drawing exhibition. Van Gogh and his time from the Van Gogh Museum and the H.W. Mesdag Museum, 14 September-13 November 2000

Groot, I.M. de, André Bonger en zijn kunstenaarsvrienden Redon, Bernard, Van Gogh, 1972, p. 27

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Leeuw, Ronald de, Tilborgh, Louis van, Esner, Rachel, Becker, Edwin, Blühm, Andreas, Heugten, Sjraar van, Van Gogh Museum Journal 1996, 1997, p. 206-207

Heugten, Sjraar van, Leighton, John, Senzoku, Nobuyuki, Vincent van Gogh drawing exhibition : Van Gogh and his time from the Van Gogh Museum and the H.W. Mesdag Museum, 2000, p. 154-155, 193

Leeman, Fred, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Vergeest, Aukje, Stolwijk, Chris, Odilon Redon en Emile Bernard : meesterwerken uit de collectie van Andries Bonger, 2009, p. 88, 129

Leeman, Fred, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Vergeest, Aukje, Stolwijk, Chris, Odilon Redon and Emile Bernard : masterpieces from the Andries Bonger collection, 2009, p. 88, 129

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Berger, K., Odilon Redon : Phantasie und Farbe, 1964, p. 226

Chaban-Delmas, J., Coustet, Robert, Huyghe, René, Martin-Méry, G., Odilon Redon 1840-1916, 1985, pp. 78-80

Vialla, J., La vie et l'oeuvre d'Odilon Redon, cop. 1988, p. 70

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Berson, R., The new painting : impressionism 1874-1886 : documentation, 1996, vol. 2, pp. 250, 274

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