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VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)
Weilanden bij Rijswijk en de Schenkweg
gouache, pen and brush and ink on paper
15 3⁄8 x 22 1⁄4 in. (39 x 56.5 cm.)
Executed in the Hague in January-February 1882
Provenance
Dr F.J. Michelsen, Amsterdam.
Anonymous sale, Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 19 May 1920, lot 136.
D. Komter Art Gallery, Amsterdam, by whom acquired at the above sale.
H.P. Bremmer, The Hague, a gift from the above in 1921, until at least 1937.
Huinck & Scherjon, Amsterdam by 1953.
Wilhelm Weinberg, Scarsdale, New York, by 1955; sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 10 July 1957, lot 50.
Private Collection, United Kingdom, by whom acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent.
Literature
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, 14 January 1882.
J.-B. de la Faille, L'oeuvre de Vincent van Gogh Catalogue raisonné, vol. I, Paris & Brussels, 1928, no. 910, p. 20 (illustrated vol. II, no. 910, pl. XXII; titled 'Derrière le 'Schenkweg', la Haye').
W. Vanbeselaere, De Hollandsche Periode, 1880-1885, in het Werk van Vincent van Gogh Amsterdam, 1937, no. 910, pp. 78, 118, 145-146 & 408.
V. van Gogh, The Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh Amsterdam, 1952, no. 170, p. 303 (sketch illustrated p. 305).
J. Hulsker, 'The Houses where Van Gogh Lived in the Hague', in Vincent: Bulletin Rijksmuseum, Vincent van Gogh vol. I, no. 1, Amsterdam, 1970, pp. 2, 9 & 10-11 (sketch illustrated p. 3).
J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh His Paintings and Drawings, Amsterdam, 1970, no. F910, p. 338 (illustrated; titled 'The Schenkweg, The Hague').
W.J.A. Visser, Vincent van Gogh en 's-Gravenhage, The Hague, 1973, pp. 43-44.
M. van der Mast & C. Dumas, eds., Van Gogh en Den Haag, Zwolle, 1990, pp. 22-23 & 26 (illustrated p. 22).
J. Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches, Amsterdam, 1996, no. 99, p. 32 (illustrated p. 33).
E. Heenk, Vincent van Gogh's drawings: An Analysis of their Production and Uses, London, 1996, pp. 46 & 48.
H. Balk, De Kunstpaus: H.P. Bremmer, 1871-1956, Bussum, 2006, p. 361.
L. Jansen, H. Luijten & N. Bakker, eds., Vincent van Gogh The Letters: The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition, vol. II, The Hague, 1881-1883, New York, 2009, p. 20 (illustrated & sketch illustrated p. 22; titled 'Meadows beside Schenkweg').
L. Jansen, H. Luijten & N. Bakker, eds., Vincent van Gogh The Letters: The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition, vol. VI, Commentary and Indexes, New York, 2009, p. 136 (titled 'Meadows beside Schenkweg').
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Huinck & Scherjon, Schilderijen, aquarellen, tekeningen en beeldhouwwerken uit de verzameling, June - July 1953, no. 11, n.p. (titled 'Derrière le Schenkweg').
New York, Wildenstein Gallery, Van Gogh, March - April 1955, no. 80, p. 26 (titled 'Behind the Schenkweg, The Hague').
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Vincent van Gogh October - December 1956, no. 19, n.p. (titled 'Blick auf den Schenkweg'; with incorrect medium).
Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Vincent van Gogh Drawings, March - July 1990, no. 33, p. 85 (illustrated; titled 'View of the Schenkweg and the Railway Yard').
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Van Gogh, June - November 2000, no. 2, pp. 255-256 (illustrated p. 150; titled 'Le Schenkweg et la gare de Rijnspoor').