Provenance
The artist's brother, Theo van Gogh (1854–1891), Paris; by descent to his widow, Johanna Cohen Gosschalk-Bonger (1862–1925). C. M. van Gogh, by January 1911 [Hijbroek and Wouthuysen 1993]. Artz en de Bois, Haarlem, by July 1912 [de la Faille 1928]. J. H. de Bois, Haarlem, by 1916–1926 [Hijbroek and Wouthuysen 1993]; sold to The Leicester Gallery (closed 1928), London [de la Faille 1928]. Kraushaar Gallery, New York, by 1928 [New York 1928]; sold to Mrs. Lewis L. Coburn (1856–1932), Chicago; sold to Walter S. (1872–1954) and Kate L. Brewster (c. 1879–1947), Chicago, 1929 [letter from Walter S. Brewster to Lewis L. Coburn dated May 1, 1929 in museum archives]; bequeathed by Kate L. Brewster to the Art Institute, 1949.
Accession Number
65479
Medium
Charcoal, reed pen and black ink, blue pastel, and white chalk on blue-gray laid paper
Dimensions
47 × 62.1 cm (18 9/16 × 24 7/16 in.)
Classification
charcoal
Credit Line
Bequest of Kate L. Brewster
