Breton Woman with Child

Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941), 1886

pen and ink and chalk on paper, 32.2 cm x 22.3 cm

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

Object number
d0611V1962
Dimensions
32.2 cm x 22.3 cm, 22.5 cm x 12.4 cm
Provenance
Probably given by the artist, Paris to Vincent van Gogh, Paris, between late 1886 and 19 February 1888; left by Vincent van Gogh at the apartment of his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris; 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; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Emile Bernard
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, De verzameling van Theo van Gogh. Met uitzondering van de werken van zijn broer Vincent, 31 March-11 May 1953

Uitert, Evert van, Hoyle, Michael, Crimpen, Han van, The Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 1987, p. 370

Gogh, Vincent Willem van, Collectie Theo van Gogh, 1960

Vollard, Ambroise, Bernard, Emile, Lettres de Vincent van Gogh à Emile Bernard, 1911, pp. 99, 106

Sutton, D., White, Gabriel, Gauguin and the Pont-Aven group, 1966, pp. 33-34

Roskill, Mark W., Van Gogh, Gauguin and French painting of the 1880s : a catalogue raisonné of key works, 1970, pp. 219-220

Welsh-Ovcharov, Bogomila, Emile Bernard (1868-1941) : the theme of bordellos and prostitutes in turn-of-the-century French art, 1988, pp. 13, 15

Jansen, Leo, Luijten, Hans, Bakker, Nienke, Vincent van Gogh : painted with words : the letters to Émile Bernard, 2007, pp. 226, 231, 242, 366

Vellekoop, Marije, Zwikker, Roelie, Webb, D., Hageman, Monique, Vincent van Gogh : drawings [4], Arles, Saint-Rémy & Auvers-sur-Oise 1888-1890, 2007, vol. 4, p. 147

Jansen, Leo, Luijten, Hans, Bakker, Nienke, Vincent van Gogh - The Letters : The complete illustrated and annotated edition : Volume 4 : Arles, 1888-1889, 2009, pp. 196-197, 200, 202

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