Sketches of Prostitutes

Emile Bernard (1868 - 1941), 1888

reed pen and ink on paper, 17.6 cm x 21.5 cm

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

Object number: d0643V1962r
Dimensions: 17.6 cm x 21.5 cm
Provenance: Sent by the artist from Pont-Aven to Vincent van Gogh, Arles; received by him on or right before 25 September 1888; sent by Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, late September or early October 1888; 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)

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