Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00003140Cottages with a Woman Working in the Middle Ground
Inscriptions
Inscribed verso, upper right, in graphite: 3 digits ("5--"?) under "Go--"
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.
Exhibition history
Haarlem, Van Gogh's Gallery, 1911, as "Landschap Blauw." Haarlem, Artz en de Bois, 1912, as "Moestuin." Haarlem, J.H. de Bois, 1916 as "Moestiun in Arles." Haarlem, J.H. de Bois, 1926, as "Jardin Potager." London, Leicester Galleries "Vincent Van Gogh," 1926, cat. 31. New York, Kraushaar Art Galleries, "Exhibition of Modern French Paintings, Watercolors, and Drawings," October 1-18, 1928, as "Landscape." Chicago, Arts Club, "Loan Exhibition of Modern Drawings and Sculpture Privately Owned by Chicagoans, January 3–17, 1930," n.p., cat. 29, as Landscape. New York, Wildenstein and Company, "The Art and Life of Vincent Van Gogh," October 6-November 7, 1943, p. 124, cat. 80 (ill.). New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Van Gogh in Saint Remy and Auvers," November 25, 1986-March 22, 1987, p. 256, cat. 76 (ill.), cat. by Ronald Pickvance. Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, "Vincent Van Gogh Drawings," March 30-July 29, 1990, p. 327, cat. 246 (ill.), cat. by Johannes van der Wolk et al. The Art Institute of Chicago, "The Broad Spectrum: Color on Paper, Past and Present," September 12–October 31, 1999, hors. cat. Martigny, Switzerland, Fondation Pierre Gianada, "Vincent van Gogh," June 21-November 26, 2000, pp. 249 and 282, cat. 87 (ill.). Vienna, Albertina (Museum), “Van Gough Heartfelt Lines,” September 5-December 8, 2008, pp. 406, 407, 409, and 455, cat. #129, cat. by Klaus Albrecht Schröder et al The Art Institute of Chicago, "Van Gogh's Bedrooms", February 14-May 10, 2016. Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, "Van Gogh in Auvers: His Final Months", May 12 - September 3, 2023, traveled to Paris, Musee d'Orsay, October 3 2023 - February 4, 2024, p. 96 (ill.), 97, 109 (ill.), 113, 114, cat. 102, cat. by Nienke Bakker, et. al.
Publications
J. B. De la Faille, L'Oeuvre de Vincent Van Gogh (Brussels and Paris, 1928), p. 178, no. 1642, pl. CCIX. J. B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh: His Paintings and Drawings (Amsterdam, 1970), p. 560, no. 1642 (ill.). Jan Hulsker, The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches (New York, 1980), no. 1994 (ill.). J. E. Hijbroek and E.L. Wouthuysen, Kunst, Kennis en Commercis: De Kunsthandelaar J.H. de Bois, 1878-1946 (Amsterdam, 1993), p. 206. Belinda Thomson, Van Gogh (Chicago, 2001), pp. 81, 102, and 107, pl. 15.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Vincent van Gogh / Dutch, 1853-1890
- Date
- 1890
- 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.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- charcoal
- Place
- Netherlands
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Bequest of Kate L. Brewster
- Accession no.
- 1949.382
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