Man Polishing a Boot

1882

Vincent van Gogh

Artist, Dutch, 1853 - 1890

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and gray and black wash, heightened with white watercolor on wove paper, squared lightly with graphite

  • Credit Line

    The Armand Hammer Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 48.9 x 28 cm (19 1/4 x 11 in.)

  • Accession

    1991.217.68

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Faille 1992, no. 969

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

H.P. Bremmer, The Hague, the Netherlands; by descent in Bremmer family; (E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam); Mrs. J.G. ter Kuile-ter Kuile, Switzerland (sale Christie, Manson & Woods, Houston, April 6, 1970, no. 61); Armand Hammer Collection, 1970; gift to NGA, 1991.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1961

  • Vincent van Gogh, Aquarelles et Dessins de l'Epoque 1881-1885, provenant de collections particulières néerlandaises, Amsterdam, E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., 1961, no. 19.

1970

  • Exhibited with the Armand Hammer collection from 1970, starting with Smithsonian Institution, Washington; except Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1971.

1983

  • Remained on long term loan to LACMA following exhibition there in 1983.

1985

  • Exhibited with Armand Hammer collection again from 1985, beginning with Albuquerque Museum; except Birmingham Museum of Art, 1985; Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, 1985; and Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1986.

Bibliography

1927

  • The Letters of Vincent van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886, London, Boston and New York, 1927, vol. 1, pp. 530-33; Letter 235, pp. 533-35, Letter 236, pp. 539-43, Letter 238.

1928

  • Faille, J.-B. de la. L'Oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh, catalogue raisonné. 4 vols. Paris and Brussels, 1928: 3:no. 969; 4:pl. 37.

1937

  • Letters to an Artist: From Vincent van Gogh to Anton Ridder van Rappard, 1881-1885. Translated by Rela van Messel, Introduction by Walter Pach, New York, 1937: 48.

  • Dr. Walther Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche Periode (1880-1885) in Het Werk van Vincent van Gogh, Antwerp, 1937, pp. 88, 91, 170, 190, 409.

1958

  • Gogh, Vincent van. The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh. Edited by Johanna van Gogh-Bonger. 3 vols. London, 1958: 1:463-466, letter 235; 466-467, letter 236; 470-473, letter 238.

1970

  • Faille, Jacob Baart de la. The Works of Vincent van Gogh, His Paintings and Drawings. Revised ed. Amsterdam, 1970: no. 969.

1980

  • Hulsker, Jan. The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, drawings, sketches. New York, 1980: no. 211.

1992

  • Faille, Jacob Baart de la. Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Works on Paper. San Francisco, 1992: no. 969.

Wikidata ID

Q64633807

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