Two Prostitutes in a Café (recto) and Woman in a Field (verso)

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901), 1885-1886

oil on panel, 23.8 cm x 16.6 cm

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

Object number: s0275V1962
Dimensions: 23.8 cm x 16.6 cm
Provenance: Probably exchanged by the artist with Theo van Gogh, Paris, 1887; 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: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

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