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Recent acquisitions (2020–25) at the Van Gogh Museum
07/2025 | 1468 | 167
Pages: 745–52
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Author:
Vellekoop, Marije (Vellekoop, Marije)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Portrait of Eugène Benon, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. 1882. Oil on canvas, 60.6 by 54.5 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij; s0552S2022.
Attributed works:
10–12. The letter, The fitting and Woman bathing, from the print series ‘The ten’, by Mary Cassatt. 1890–91. Drypoint, etching and aquatint in colour on laid paper, 42 by 31.5 cm., 41.5 by 29.3 cm. and 43.5 by 30.1 cm. respectively. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij, the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association (with the additional support of its Maljers-de Jongh Fonds, Het Liesbeth van Dorp Fonds, Marijke Laarhoven Fonds and its Claude Monet Fonds) and the members of the Yellow House Circle; p3056S2021, p3058S2021 and p3057S2021.
Attributed works:
13. Nannies’ promenade, frieze of carriages (Promenade des nourrices, frise des fiacres), by Pierre Bonnard. 1896–97. Colour lithograph on wove paper, overall 143 by 185 cm., each sheet approximately 145 by 47.9 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij; p3094-001S2024 – p3092-004S2024.
Attributed works:
14. The seamstress, by Édouard Vuillard. c.1893–96. Set of two drawings in coloured pencil and watercolour and eight (colour) lithographs, combined with colour woodcuts and watercolour on a variety of papers, between 19.6 by 25.6 cm and 28.7 by 38.7 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij; d1223S2023, d1224S2023, p3082S2023- p3089S2023.
Attributed works:
15. The sower, by Jean-François Millet. 1850. Chalk on laid paper, 24 by 18 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij; d1321S2024.
Attributed works:
16. Peasant spreading manure, by Jean-François Millet. 1851. Oil on canvas, 37.3 by 55.2 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij and the members of the Yellow House Circle; s0553S2023.
Attributed works:
17. Letter from Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin to Émile Bernard (716), 1st or 2nd November 1888. Pen and ink on paper, 21.1 by 26.6 cm. Purchased by the Vincent van Gogh Foundation; b9122V2020.
Attributed works:
2. Old man drinking coffee, by Vincent van Gogh. 1882. Lithograph and watercolour on wove paper, 53.9 by 37.2 cm. On long-term loan from Monique Hageman; p0587B2023.
Attributed works:
3. Clovis sleeping, by Paul Gauguin. 1884. Oil on canvas, 46.4 by 56.1 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij, the Rembrandt Association (with the additional support of its Dorodarte Kunst Fonds and the annual contribution of the Cultuurfonds) and the members of the Yellow House Circle; s0554S2024.
Attributed works:
4. Portrait of Marie Bracquemond, by Félix Bracquemond. c.1869. Charcoal, stumped on paper on canvas, 47.5 by 36.5 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij; d1238S2024.
Attributed works:
5. Julie Manet on the balcony, by Berthe Morisot. 1884. Pastel on blue-grey laid paper, 57.8 by 44.6 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij; d1221S2022.
Attributed works:
6. Olive grove in Collioure, by Henri Matisse. 1905. Oil and pencil on canvas, 45.7 by 55.3 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij, the Mondriaan Fund, the Rembrandt Association (with the additional support of its Van Rijn Fonds, Het Liesbeth van Dorp Fonds, its Fabritius Fonds and its Claude Monet Fonds) and the members of the Yellow House Circle; s0555S2024.
Attributed works:
7. Portrait of a young woman, by Émile Bernard. 1887. Oil on canvas, 41 by 32.2 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij and the Foundation Mr Cornelis Rooze; s0551S2022. This early portrait
Attributed works:
8. Red pines, by Georges Lacombe. 1894–95. Distemper on canvas, 61.5 by 46.5 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij; s0549S2021.
Attributed works:
9. Breton dance, by Georges Lacombe. 1893–94. Polychrome wood, 64 by 203 by 4.6 cm. Purchased with support from the VriendenLoterij; v0401S2021.
Article
Authenticity issues with works by Vincent van Gogh
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1045–55
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Meedendorp, Teio (Meedendorp, Teio)
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Oudheusden, Saskia van (Oudheusden, Saskia van)
Author:
Tilborgh, Louis van (Tilborgh, Louis van)
Subjects
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
subjects:
Dutch art / Authentication / Copies / Forgeries / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis
subjects:
Attributions / Attributions, former
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Self-portrait as a painter, by Vincent van Gogh. 1887–88. Oil on canvas, 61.5 by 50 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
10. Comparison of pink colours in the collars, left: Head of a woman with a green bonnet (Fig.8), right: Head of a woman (Fig.6).
Attributed works:
11. Comparison of lips, top: Head of a woman with a green bonnet (Fig.8), centre: Head of a woman (Fig.6).
Attributed works:
12. Detail of infra-red reflectogram of Head of a woman (Fig.6).
Attributed works:
14. Wood gatherers in the snow, by Vincent van Gogh. August/September 1884. Oil on canvas on panel, 67 by 126 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
15. Reproduction of Fig.14 in Vincent van Gogh: 40 Photocollographies d’après ses tableaux et dessins, Amsterdam 1904, plate 19.
Attributed works:
17. Detail of Fig.14, showing the man in Van Gogh’s original painting.
Attributed works:
2. Interior of a restaurant, formerly attributed to Vincent van Gogh. Oil on canvas, 65 by 81 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
3. Interior of the Grand Bouillon-Restaurant le Chalet, Paris, by Vincent van Gogh. November, early December 1887. Oil on canvas, 54 by 64.5 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
4. Photo of Fig.3 from J.-B. de la Faille: Vincent van Gogh, Paris 1939, p.388.
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of Etienne-Lucien Martin, by Vincent van Gogh. November 1887. Oil on canvas, 65.8 by 54.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
6. Head of a woman, by an unknown artist. Early 20th century, probably between 1902 and 1909. Oil on canvas on panel, 40 by 29.9 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
7. Reproduction of ‘Frau mit grüner Haube’, from Kunst und Künstler 12 (1914), p.596.
Attributed works:
8. Head of a woman with a green bonnet, by Vincent van Gogh. Late 1884–early 1885. Oil on canvas on panel, 40.1 by 29.6 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
9. Red: Head of a woman with a green bonnet (Fig.8); green: Head of a woman (Fig.6). (Overlay Heleen van Driel, Van Gogh Museum).
Western art unattributed:
13. Wood gatherer, formerly attributed to Vincent van Gogh. Pencil and watercolour on laid paper, 32.5 by 25 cm. (Private collection).
Western art unattributed:
16. Detail of Fig.15, showing the highlights on the man’s clothing.
Exhibition Review
Van Gogh in Auvers: His Final Months
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 890–893
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
places:
Auvers-sur-Oise
subjects:
Dutch art / French art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Van Gogh in Auvers: His Final Months Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam 12th May–3rd September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Adeline Ravoux, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 67 by 55 cm. (Private collection; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
2. Blossoming chestnut branches, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 73 by 92 cm. (Kunsthaus Zürich; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
3. Field with haystacks, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 50 by 100 cm. (Fondation Beyeler, Riehen; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Article
The Art of Conservation: XVII: Jan Cornelis Traas, paintings restorer of the Van Gogh family collection
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 164-177
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Author:
Hendriks, Ella (Hendriks, Ella)
Subjects
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van
dates:
1920-1929 / 1930-1939
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands / Museum Mesdag, The Hague, Netherlands / Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
patrons:
Gogh, Theo van, 1857-1891 / Gogh, Vincent Willem, 1890-1978 / Gogh-Bonger, Johanna van
subjects:
Dutch art / Conservators / Restorers / Restoration (process) / Techniques / Varnish / Pigments / Traas, Jan Cornelis / Ruhemann, Helmut / Mehra, Vishwa R. / Kuiper, Luitsen
subjects:
Steenhoff, Willem
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Jan Cornelis Traas at work on Girl with a pearl earring, by Johannes Vermeer, in the Mauritshuis, The Hague. 1960. Photograph. (Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague).
Attributed works:
10. Photograph of Fig.9 recording its damaged condition prior to the 1927 restoration by Traas. (Photograph Bernard F. Eilers; from W. Scherjon and W. Jos de Gruyter: Vincent van Gogh’s great period. Arles, St. Rémy and Auvers sur Oise, Amsterdam 1937).
Attributed works:
11. The bedroom at Arles, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 72.4 by 91.3 cm. Photographed after the 2009–10 treatment when Traas’s old varnish and retouches were removed. The originally pale violet walls and lilac doors described by the artist are now light blue, owing to the fading of a red cochineal lake in the paint mixture used. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
12. Digital visualisation providing an impression of the original colours of Fig.11. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
13. Vishwa R. Mehra making a condition report on the Van Gogh collection. 1984. Photograph. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
14. Self-portrait with grey felt hat, by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Oil on canvas, 44.5 by 37.2 cm. Shown after it was vandalised in 1978. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
2. Willem J. Steenhoff in the Van Gogh Gallery of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, with The potato eaters (F82) in the background. 1918. Photograph. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
3. Living room of Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s house in Brachthuyzerstraat, Amsterdam, showing from left to right: The white orchard (F403); The pink peach tree (F404); and The pink orchard (F555). c.1917. Photograph Thijs Quispel. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
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4. Diagram of the Dutch method of wax-resin lining; in this case the original and lining canvases are enlarged with paper strips adhered to the edges, rather than the canvas strips sewn on by Traas, enabling the canvases to be stretched on wooden looms during lining. (From S. Cursiter and A.M. de Wild: ‘Picture relining’, in Technical Studies in the Field of Fine Arts 5 (1937)).
Attributed works:
5. Relining of Van Gogh’s Railway bridge over Avenue Montmajour, Arles (F480; whereabouts unknown), showing the preparation of the sawdust bed on which the painting is laid face downwards for lining without a hot table, by ironing, using ‘an elaborate insulation with tin foil and a sawdust bedding’ to protect the high impasto. Photograph, taken probably in Helmut Ruhemann’s studio in Berlin c.1932. (From Manual on the Conservation and Restoration of Paintings, Paris 1940).
Attributed works:
6. Field with irises near Arles, by Vincent van Gogh. May 1888. Oil on canvas, 54 by 65 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
7. Fig.6 photographed in raking light after the removal of the varnish in 2014–15.
Attributed works:
8. Enlarged detail of Fig.6, showing canvas weave impressed in the flattened impasto from rolling and sending the painting to Theo van Gogh.
Attributed works:
9. An old woman of Arles, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 58 by 42 cm., showing the corners filled with putty and an even tone. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Exhibition Review
Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dalí. Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 346-348
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Reviewer:
Clarke, Michael (Clarke, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Millet, Jean-François, 1814-1875 / Dalí, Salvador / Lhermitte, Léon-Augustin / Gogh, Vincent van / Pissarro, Camille / Monet, Claude / Gauguin, Paul / Seurat, Georges / Segantini, Giovanni / Hodler, Ferdinand / Modersohn-Becker, Paula / Munch, Edvard / Malevich, Kazimir / Egger-Lienz, Albin / Rops, Félicien / Toorop, Jan
artists:
Morbilli, Angelo
dates:
2010-2019 / 2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, United States
subjects:
Modern art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Millet and Modern Art: From Van Gogh to Dal  Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis 16th February–17th May | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Archaeological reminiscences of Millet’s Angelus, by Salvador Dalí. c.1934. Oil on panel, 31.8 by 39.4 cm. (Dalí Museum, St Petersburg FL; exh. Saint Louis Art Museum).
Attributed works:
22. In the rice fields, by Angelo Morbilli. 1901. Canvas, 182.9 by 130.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. Saint Louis
Article
Van Gogh as mentally ill: his contested Oslo self-portrait
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 88-101
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Meedendorp, Teio (Meedendorp, Teio)
Author:
Pilz, Kathrin (Pilz, Kathrin)
Author:
Tilborgh, Louis van (Tilborgh, Louis van)
Subjects
art literature:
Thiis, Jens
art literature:
Hulsker, Jan
art literature:
Catalogues raisonnés
art literature:
Lange, Marit Ingeborg
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van / Munch, Edvard
dates:
1880-1889 / 1890-1899
museums and institutions:
Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo, Norway / Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
places:
Oslo
subjects:
Dutch art / French art / Attributions / Dating / Technical analysis / Self-portraits / Pigments / Brushwork / Provenance / Psychology
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 51.5 by 45.2 cm. (National Gallery, Oslo).
Attributed works:
10. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 40 by 31 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
11. Madame Roulin and her baby, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Canvas, 63.5 by 51 cm. (Robert Lehman Collection, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
12. Undergrowth, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 49 by 64.3 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
13. Image of Fig.1, superimposed with the X-radiograph, illustrating the initial outlines of the head, neck, shoulder, ear and lapel (with thanks to Heleen van Driel).
Attributed works:
14. Detail of the upper right edge of Fig.1, showing the paint to be less discoloured around the edges than in the picture plane.
Attributed works:
15. Micrograph of Fig.1 in raking light, showing the brushed texture of the paint in the lapel, partly flattened with a palette knife.
Attributed works:
16. Self-portrait as a ‘bonze’, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 61.5 by 50.3 cm. (Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge MA; bequest from the collection of Maurice Wertheim).
Attributed works:
17. Portrait of Peter Altenberg, by Max Oppenheimer. 1910. Whereabouts unknown. (From W. Michel: Max Oppenheimer, Munich 1911, p.3).
Attributed works:
18. The Arlésienne (Portrait of Marie-Julien Ginoux), by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Oil on canvas, 60 by 50 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome).
Attributed works:
19. Entrance to a quarry, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 60 by 74.5 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Vincent van Gogh Foundation).
Attributed works:
2. Self-portrait with bandaged ear and pipe, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 51 by 45 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
20. Peter Altenberg, by Oskar Kokoschka. 1909. Oil on canvas, 76 by 71.5 cm. (Private collection, courtesy of Neue Gallery, New York).
Attributed works:
3. Armand Roulin, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54 cm. (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam).
Attributed works:
4. Self-portrait, by Edvard Munch. 1886. Oil on canvas, 33 by 24.5 cm. (National Museum, Oslo).
Attributed works:
5. and 6. Photograph of Fig.1 and its reverse, with an annotation by Eugène Blot: ‘Portrait de Van Gogh / oreille mutilée’. c.1909. (Cassirer-Archive, Zurich).
Attributed works:
7. Portrait of Vincent van Gogh, formerly attributed to Van Gogh. 1925– 28. Oil on canvas, 59.1 by 47.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
8. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 57.8 by 44.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Attributed works:
Opposite 9. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas, 65 by 54 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Van Gogh and Japan. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 490-492
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Reviewer:
Adler, Kathleen (Adler, Kathleen)
Subjects
art literature:
Zola, Emile / Goncourt, Edmond de / Gogh, Theo van, 1857-1891
artists:
Gogh, Vincent van / Hokusai, Katsushika / Ando Hiroshige, 1797-1858 / Eisen, Keisai
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Prints
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Hokkaidō Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo, Japan / Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan / National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
places:
Netherlands / Amsterdam / Japan / Tokyo
places:
Kyoto / Sapporo
subjects:
Dutch painting / Japonisme / Influence / Collecting / Meiji art, Japan / Landscapes (visual works) / Self-portraits / Japanese prints
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Undergrowth with two figures, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890. Canvas, 49.5 by 99.7 cm. (Cincinnati Art Museum; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
2. Bridge in the rain (after Hiroshige), by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Canvas, 73.3 by 53.8 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
3. Courtesan (after Eisen), by Vincent van Gogh. 1887. Canvas, 100.7 by 60.7 cm. (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Attributed works:
4. Self-portrait, by Vincent van Gogh. 1888. Canvas, 61.5 by 50.3 cm. (Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
Exhibition Review
The Dutch in Paris
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 420-421
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Reviewer:
Darwent, Charles (Darwent, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Spaendonck, Gerard van / Scheffer, Ary / Jongkind, Johann Barthold / Maris, Jacob Henricus / Breitner, George Hendrik / Gogh, Vincent van / Dongen, Kees van / Mondrian, Piet / Tholen, Willem Bastiaan / Israëls, Jozef
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, France
places:
Netherlands / Amsterdam / France / Paris
subjects:
Dutch painting / Flower pieces / Revolution (France: 1789-1799) / World War (1914-1918) / Influence / Immigration / Travel
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Flowers in an alabaster vase and fruits on a marble top, by Gerard Van Spaendonck. 1781. Canvas, 100 by 82 cm. (Het Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch; exh. Petit Palais, Paris).
Attributed works:
21. Composition no. XIV, by Piet Mondrian. 1913. Canvas, 94 by 65 cm. (Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; exh. Petit Palais, Paris).
Exhibition Review
Prints in Paris 1900. Amsterdam and Tokyo
06/2017 | 1371 | 159
Pages: 504-505
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Reviewer:
Prins, Laura (Prins, Laura)
Subjects
artists:
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de / Bonnard, Pierre / Carabin, Francois Rupert / Vallotton, Félix Edouard / Steinlen, Théophile Alexandre / Chéret, Jules
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands / Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, Japan
places:
Tokyo / Paris / Japan / France
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Prints / French / Posters
Illustrations
Attributed works:
68. Moulin Rouge, La Goulue, by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. 1891 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Attributed works:
70. The print and the poster, by Eugène Grasset. 1897 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
Western art unattributed:
69. Leather portfolio on stand. Artist unknown. 1900 (Robert Zehil Gallery, Monte Carlo; exh. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
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