Hand with a Pot, the Knob of a Chair and a Hunk of Bread

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Nuenen, March-April 1885

chalk on paper, 21.2 cm x 34.4 cm

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

F-number: F1157
JH-number: JH0739
Object number: d0391V1962
Dimensions: 21.2 cm x 34.4 cm
Provenance: With his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, after April 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; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 10 July 1962; 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; 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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