Next March 5 will be held the auction at Christie's New York "Works on Paper, Van Gogh to Freud" with works on paper that belonged to an important family collection.
Some interesting works worth mentioning:
Origin: Alfred Strölin, Paris and Lausanne. Private collection, Europe, from which he acquired from the above around 1910-1920, and thence by line; auction Christie's, London, 21 June 2006, lot 401. Private collection, United Kingdom, from which it was acquired in the above sale, and therefore by descent. This work is sold with a photo certificate from Madame Chagnaud-Forain and will be included in the forthcoming catalog raisonné of Jean-Louis Forain prepared by Madame Florence Valdès-Forain.
Origin: John Russell, Belle-Île-en-Mer, gift of the artist around 3 August 1888, until 1920.
Anonymous sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, March 31, 1920, lot 69.
Galerie Le Garrec, Paris, from which it acquired the above sale.
Kunsthandel d'Audretsch, The Hague.
Galerie Lutz, Berlin.
Mr. Kurt M. and Mrs. Henriette H. Hirschland, Essen, Amsterdam and later New York, in 1928, a gift from Mr. Hirschland to her wife of hers, from whom she was robbed after the occupation of the Netherlands.
With the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1943.
Returned to the Hirschland family in 1956.
Mr and Mrs Paul M. Hirschland, New York, by descent from above.
Private collection, UK, from which it was acquired by the above in 1983, and therefore by descent.
Italian Literature: J.-B. de la Faille, L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, Catalog Raisonné, vol. III, Paris, 1928, no. 1503, p. 151 (illustrated vol. IV, pl. CLXXI; as 'Portrait de jeune fille').
VW van Gogh and J. van Gogh-Bonger, eds., The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh, vol. II, New York, 1958, no. 517, p. 625.
J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. 1503, p. 522 (illustrated p. 523).
CW Millard, “A Chronology of Van Gogh's Drawings of 1888”, in Master Drawings, vol. XII, no. 2, 1974, p. 160.
P. Lecaldano, The complete pictorial work of Van Gogh and its graphic connections, Milan, 1977, n. 533A, pp. 209-210 (illustrated p. 211).
J. Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam, 1980, n. 1533, p. 351 (illustrated).
J.-B. de la Faille, Vincent Van Gogh, The Complete Works on Paper, Catalog Raisonné, vol. I, San Francisco, 1992, no. 1503, p. 392 (illustrated vol. II, pl. CLXXI).
J. Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh, Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam, 1996, no. 1533, p. 351 (illustrated; dated 'July 31-August 6, 1888').
EN Heenk, Vincent van Gogh's Drawings: An Analysis of Their Production and Uses (thesis), The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 1995, pp. 170-171.
S. Van Heugten, Van Gogh: The Master Draftsman, London, 2005, n. 102, p. 118 (illustrated p. 119).
L. Jansen, H. Luijten & N. Bakker, eds., Vincent van Gogh: The Letters, The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition, vol. IV, Arles, 1888-1889, London, 2009, no. 654, p. 208 (illustrated).
Exhibitions: Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Rembrandt, Hokusai, Van Gogh, October-November 1951, n. 75 (illustrated; titled 'Meisjeskopje').
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Vincent van Gogh: Paintings and drawings, February – April 1952, n. 100, p. 52 (illustrated np).
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Vincent van Gogh, March-May 1953, no. 113 (entitled "Meisjesportret"); this exhibition later traveled to Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, May-July 1953, no. 128; and Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, July-September 1953, n. 128.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Van Gogh in Arles, October – December 1984, n. 81, p. 146 (illustrated).
Arles, Ancien Hôpital Van Gogh, Van Gogh et Arles, February-May 1989, n. 26, p. 62 (illustrated p. 63).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings, October – December 2005, n. 80, p. 232 (illustrated p. 233).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters, January – April 2010, n. 65, p. 120 (illustrated p. 121).
London, Tate Britain, Van Gogh and Great Britain, March-August 2019, pages 114 and 227 (illustrated on page 115).
Signed 'John' (red and black chalk on paper) 1906. Estimate USD 200,000 – USD 300,000.
Origin: Julian Lousada, United Kingdom. Sir Anthony Lousada, UK, by descent from above; the sale of him, Christie's, London, 27 March 1997, lot 112. Private collection, United Kingdom, from which it was acquired in the above sale, and therefore by descent.
Exhibitions: London, Royal Academy, Augustus John, March-June 1954, n. 94 (illustrated p. 39).
Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, Augustus John, OM, RA, 1956, no. 75.
London, Royal Academy, Bicentenary Exhibition 1768-1968, December 1968 – March 1969, no. 636.
Cardiff, National Museum and Gallery, Themes and Variations: The Drawings of Augustus John 1901-1931, July-September 1996, no. 25; this exhibition then traveled to London, Spink & Son, September – October 1996; and Conwy, Royal Cambrian Academy, November-December 1996.
Origin: Walter Bareiss, New York. John R. Gaines, Lexington, Kentucky. Heinz Berggruen, Paris, in 1985. Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York.
Private collection, UK, from which it was acquired in 1989.
Italian Literature: L. Delectorskaya, With apparent ease … Henri Matisse, Paintings from 1935-1939, Paris, 1988, p. 29 (illustrated on p. 79; entitled “Variations on the theme, Nu couché”).
Exhibitions: London, Leicester Galleries, drawings and lithographs by Henri Matisse, February 1936.
New York, Maxwell Davidson Gallery, Henri Matisse. Selected drawings from 1907 to 1952, April – May 1985, n. 17, p. 24 (illustrated on p. 11).
Paris, Galerie Berggruen & Cie., Matisse, Vingt dessins. Notes d'un peintre sur son dessin di lui, October 1985, n. 12 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Henri Matisse: Drawings, Prints, December 1985, no. 14 (illustrated).
Geneva, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Collection Berggruen, June – October 1988, n. 54 (illustrated).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Matisse, His Art and His Textiles: The Fabric of Dreams, March-May 2005, n. 42, p. 186 (illustrated p. 129); this exhibition then traveled to New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, June – September 2005.
