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L'Homme à la pipe
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.)
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
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CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
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)