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Portrait of Dr. Gachet (L'homme à la pipe)


L'Homme à la pipe
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch (worked in France), 1853–1890)
1890

Medium/Technique Etching and drypoint, printed in red ink, on cream laid paper
Dimensions Platemark: 18 x 15 cm (7 1/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 32.3 x 23.3 cm (12 11/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession Number60.393
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné de la Faille 1664
DescriptionImpression by Vincent van Gogh and Paul Ferdinand Gachet, or possibly Gachet alone (ref: S. van Heugten 1995.) 61 known impressions. Date: probably June 15.
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: Vincent van Gogh; in red chalk, l.r.: L'homme à la pipe; in graphite, verso: Vincent van Gogh épreuve ancienne très rare Paul Gachet [signature]
ProvenanceBy 1927, William G. Russell Allen (b. 1882 - d. 1955), Boston; bequest of W. G. Russell Allen to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 1960)