Brothel (Maison close), unpublished print
Jean Louis Forain (1852 - 1931), c. 1880
etching in black on laid paper, 22.8 cm x 31.3 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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Context
- Object number
- p0034V1962
- Edition
- "planche refusée"
- Dimensions
- 22.8 cm x 31.3 cm, 10 cm x 15 cm, 9.6 cm x 14.5 cm
- Provenance
- Acquired by Theo van Gogh, Paris, probably c. 1885; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam, 10 July 1962; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; given on loan to Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren, from 8 August 1962 to 9 June 1972; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973, and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- Catalogue raisonné
- Guérin 21,Faxon 22
- printmaker
- Jean Louis Forain
- publisher
- Henri Vaton
- Credits (obliged to state)
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
- inscription
- B3391/101 forain, jl boven elkaar 2e exl Ir. van Gogh 114
- inscription
- Ir. van Gogh 114
- watermark
- ARC
Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Prenten - Prostitutie - Privacy, 19 February-20 June 2016
Paris, Musée d'Orsay, Theo van Gogh 1857-1891. Marchand de tableaux, collectionneur, frère de Vincent, 27 September 1999-9 January 2000, no. 94
Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum, Collectie Theo van Gogh, 1 March-13 July 1960, no. 41
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Collectie Theo van Gogh, 29 January-29 February 1960, no. 41
Hoeven, Joost van der, Roos Rosa de Carvalho, Fleur, Blok, Franka, Smit, Lisa, Reid, Nina, Suijver, Renske, Tas, Sara, Annan, Britney, Contemporaries of Van Gogh 1 : works collected by Theo and Vincent, Amsterdam, 2023
Faxon, Alicia Craig, Jean-Louis Forain : a catalogue raisonné of the prints, New York, 1982, no. 22
Gogh, Vincent Willem van, Collectie Theo van Gogh, Amsterdam, 1960, z.p.
Faxon, Alicia Craig, Jean-Louis Forain : a catalogue raisonné of the prints, New York, 1982, no.17-22
Guérin, Marcel, J.-L. Forain : aquafortiste : catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de l'artiste, San Francisco, 1980, no.16-21
