Lot 598
598
Property from the Estate of DR. HERMAN SELINSKY
VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)

Portrait of Dr. Gachet: L'Homme à la Pipe (de la Faille 1664; van Heugten/Pabst 101V)

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VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853-1890)
Portrait of Dr. Gachet: L'Homme à la Pipe (de la Faille 1664; van Heugten/Pabst 101V)
etching, 1890, on laid Japan, a very good, clear impression, with the red Gachet stamp (L. 2807c), a proof apart from the 61 located by van Heugten and Pabst, with wide margins, the right margin unevenly cut, the top left margin corner skillfully made-up, pale scattered foxing showing mostly in the top margin, otherwise generally in good condition, framed
P. 7 3/16 x 5 15/16in. (182 x 150mm.)
S. approx. 13¾ x 10 3/8in. (349 x 264mm.)

Lot Essay

Aside from 61 located impressions, Van Heugten and Pabst cite documents in the Van Gogh Musuem suggesting the existence of four additional examples of this print. Christie's sale of a previously unrecorded example from the Collection of John Wesley Warrington on Nov. 6, 1996 (Lot 309, $63,000) could account for one of these; the present lot could be another.