Portrait of Doctor Gachet: L'Homme à la Pipe

Auvers-sur-Oise: May, 1890
F 1664, JH 2028

Unless otherwise stated, the impressions are in black and have not been touched up. The etching plate (copper, 18.3 x 15.1 cm.) survives at the Musée du Lourvre, Département des Arts Graphiques, Fond du Musée d'Orsay. The image size is 18.0 x 15.0 cm., a few millimeters smaller than the size of the plate. The dimensions are accordingly not given in the individual listings except in the case of 10.5, where they differ significantly.

Number	City	Collection	Medium	Height	Width	Watermark	Stamp	Technical Data	Comments
10.1	Amsterdam	Van Gogh Museum	Laid paper			Lower part of P L BAS	Stamp at lower right: Lugt 1195b
10.2	Amsterdam	Van Gogh Museum	Laid paper, heavily inked passages around Gachet's head			Top half of ED & Cie	Stamp at lower right: Lugt 1195b
10.3	Amsterdam	Van Gogh Museum	Laid paper, with heavy surface tone, chiefly at the bottom			Top half of P L BAS	Stamp at lower right: Lugt 1195b
10.4	Amsterdam	Van Gogh Museum	Laid paper, worked up with the pen in black ink			Bottom half of ED & Cie	Stamp at lower right: Lugt 1195b
10.5	Amsterdam	Van Gogh Museum	Laid paper	14.5	14.8	Upper part of the cartouche of ED & Cie (without the lettering)	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 1195b	Approximately 3.5 cm. not printed at the bottom
10.6	Amsterdam	Van Gogh Museum	Laid paper, printed in yellow ochre, heavily inked at the bottom			Top half of ED & Cie	Stamp at lower left: Lugt 1195b
10.7	Amsterdam	Van Gogh Museum	Laid paper, printed in sanguine			Top half of P L BAS	Stamp at lower left: Lugt 1195b
10.8	Amsterdam	Van Gogh Museum	Laid paper, printed in greenish blue, heavily inked at lower right			Top half of P L BAS	Stamp at lower left: Lugt 1195b
10.9	Amsterdam	Van Gogh Museum	Laid paper, printed in light orange			Bottom half of ED & Cie	Stamp at lower right: Lugt 1195b
10.10	Bern	E.W. Kornfeld Collection	Wove paper, printed in yellow-brown			Unknown		Annotated on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe. Eau-forte unique de Vincent Van Gogh -- Auvers-sur-Oise. 25 Mai 1890. Epreuve du tirage Dr Gachet -- Van Gogh, Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.11	Paris	Private collection	Wove paper, heavily inked around the portrait			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 1195b	Annotation on verso: L'homme à la pipe, 1ère et unique eau-forte de (Vincent) van Gogh, Peintre hollandais mort en 1890 à l'âge de 32 ans / Epreuve d'artiste tirée par le Docteur Gachet PG
10.12	Tokyo	Bridgestone Museum of Art	Type of paper unknown				Stamps from left to right: Lugt 1195b, 2807d, 2807c	Annotation in ink at top of verso: L'Homme à la Pipe (Dr Gachet.) Eau-Forte de Vincent Van Gogh. Auvers -- 25 Mai 1890. Annotation at bottom of verso: Je soussigné Gachet Paul, certifie que cette epreuve est une de cettes tirée à Auvers par le Dr Gachet et Vincent van Gogh, lors de la gravure de la planche. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.13		Josefowitz Collection	Laid paper, worked up with black chalk in and above Gachet's right shoulder			Ed & Cie	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 1195b, at lower left. Lugt 2807c	Annotations in black chalk at lower right in the margin: Inédit 1er Etat; in brown ink underneath, in Dr Gachet's handwriting: Eauforte de Vangogh Annotation on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe -- (Dr Gachet) Eauforte unique de Vincent van Gogh. Auvers 25 Mai 1890. Je soussigné Gachet Paul certifie que cette épreuve est l'une de cettes tirées à Auvers par le Dr et Vincent au moment de la gravure de la planche. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.14		Location unknown	Laid paper, considerable surface tone, particularly heavily inked at lower right			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c, 2807d, at lower left: Lugt 1195b	Annotation in ink on verso: L'Homme à la pipe (Dr Gachet) Eau-forte unique de Vincent van Gogh. Auvers, 25 mai 1890. -- le soussigné Gachet Paul certifie que cette épreuve est l'une de cettes tirées à Auvers par le Dr (Gachet) et Vincent au moment de la gravure de la planche. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.15	Beverly Hills	Private collection	Type of paper unknown, printed in red			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation on verso: L'Homme à la pipe (Dr Gachet) Eau forte unique de Vincent van Gogh; Auvers sur Oise 25 mai 1890; Epreuve sanguine du tirage ancien (1890); Paul Gachet à Mr. Siegbert Marzynski.
10.16	Boston	Museum of Fine Arts	Laid paper, printed in brown			None		Annotated in pencil and red chalk on recto: Vincent van Gogh / L'homme à la pipe Annotation in pencil on verso: Vincent van Gogh. épreuve ancienne très rare Paul Gachet [signature].
10.17	Chicago	Art Institute of Chicago (Clarence S. Buckingham Collection)	Wove paper, heavily inked at lower right			None	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807d Stamp verso: Rijksmuseum duplicate Lugt 2228
10.18	Chicago	The Gecht Family Collection, Francey and Dr. Martin Gecht	Laid paper, heavily inked at lower right			Unknown	Stamp at lower left: Lugt 1195b
10.19		Location unknown	Laid paper, heavily inked at lower right			Unknown
10.20	Pittsburgh	Carnegie Museum of Art	Tan, wove paper					Annotated in ink at lower right in Paul Gachet Jr.'s handwriting: Souvenir amical à Mr Loys Delteil; pour les deux Van Rijssel. Van Rijssel [signature].	Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Rosenbloom
10.21	Amsterdam	Rijksmuseum, Rijksprentenkabinet	Laid paper			None	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotated on verso in the handwriting of Paul Gachet Jr: L'Homme à la pipe; Portrait de mon père (Le Dr Gachet) Eau-forte de Vincent van Gogh; Auvers s/Oise -- Mai 1890.	This impression entered the collection of the Rijksprentenkabinet at the early date of 1905 and was therefore very probably printed by Dr. Gachet. Although the annotation is in the handwriting of Paul Gachet Jr., the early provenance of 1905 means that the impression must have come from his father.
10.22	Berlin	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Kupferstichkabinett	Laid paper			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation on verso: Epreuve ancienne Tirage de P. van Rijssel (Dr. Gachet) L'Homme à la Pipe / Portrait de mon père / (Le Dr Gachet) / Eau-forte de Vincent van Gogh / Auvers s/Oise Mai 1890 Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.23	Bern	E.W. Kornfeld Collection	Laid paper, printed in brown-red			Unknown	Stamp at lower left: Lugt 2807d	Annotation in ink at lower left on border, in Dr Gachet's handwriting: L'homme à la pipe (médit) Eau-forte unique de Vincent Van Gogh
10.24	Budapest	Szépmüvészeti Muzeum	Laid paper			P L BAS	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation in ink at top of verso: "L'Homme à la Pipe" Portrait de mon Père: Le Dr Gachet Eau-forte de Vincent Van Gogh. Auvers s/oise -- Mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature]. Annotated at bottom of verso in Paul Gachet Jr's handwriting: Epreuve ancienne -- Tirage de P. Van Rijssel (Dr Gachet) 1890
10.25	Chicago	Collection of Mr. And Mrs. R. Stanley Johnson	Laid paper, heavily inked at lower right			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotated in ink at lower right on verso in Paul Gachet Jr's handwriting: Monsieur Meier Graefe Annotated in ink on verso in Paul Gachet Jr's handwriting, apart from the signature: L'Homme à la Pipe. Eau-forte de Vincent Van Gogh tiree par Van Rijssel. Nevarietur Van Rijssel [signature of Dr Gachet]. Annotation in ink on verso by Meier-Graef: Die Beschriftung stammt von dem Dargestellten, Dr. Gachet dem Artz Van Goghs, der sich auch als Maler beschäftigte und als Maler den Namen Van Rijssel trug. Er berass die Platte. Den vorliegenden Abzug habe ich Mitte der Neunziger Jahre, als ich Dr. Gachet in Auvers besuchte, von dem erhalten; ich glaube im Sommer 1895. J. Meier-Graefe, Berlin Januar 1932.
10.26	Dresden	Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett	Laid paper			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe Portrait de mon Père (Le Dr Gachet) Eauforte de Vincent van Gogh Auvers s/oise -- Mai 1890 Paul Gachet. Epreuve ancienne -- Tirage de P. Van Rijssel (Dr. Gachet) 1890.
10.27	London	Libby Howie and John Pillar	Wove paper, heavily inked passage at lower left			Unknown	Stamp at lower right: Lugt 2807d	Annotation in black ink in the lower left corner in Dr. Gachet's handwriting: Vincent Van Gogh 1858-1890. Annotation on verso: Le Fumeur. Eauforte de Vincent Van Gogh Epreuve d'artiste tirée par Van Ryssel
10.28	Martigny	Léonard Gianadda Foundation	Laid paper, printed in red			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation on verso in Dr. Gachet's handwriting: L'homme à la pipe Unique Eauforte de Vincent Van Gogh (1890 †)
10.29	New York	Museum of Modern Art	Laid paper			None	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation on recto at lower left: L'homme à la pipe
10.30	Otterlo	Kröller-Müller Museum	Wove paper			None	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807d Stamp on verso: No. 22. Stamp at lower left on verso: RMKM [Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller]	Annotation on verso: l'Homme a la Pipe. Portrait de mon pere, le Dr. Gachet. Eau-forte de Vincent van Gogh. Auvers s/Oise Mai 1890. Epreuve Ancienne tiree par le Dr. Gachet.
10.31	Pasadena	Norton Simon Museum	Wove paper			None	Stamp at lower left: Lugt 2807d	Annotation in ink on recto at lower right: offert à [illegible name] par Van Rijssel Annotation in ink on verso at lower right in Dr Gachet's handwriting: L'homme à la Pipe Eauforte unique de Vincent Van Gogh. Peintre et dessinateur hollandais. Mort à Auvers-Sur-oise 1857-1890. Epreuve tirée par Van rijssel. Annotation in ink on a label pasted onto the verso at upper right: no. 19497 Van Gogh Mannerkopf 18:15 [cm] Rad.[ierung]
10.32	Philadelphia	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Type of paper unknown			Unknown	Stamp at lower left: Lugt 2807d	Annotation in pencil on verso in Dr. Gachet's handwriting: Portrait de Van Rijssel. Along the bottom on verso: Eauforte unique et inedite du peintre Vincent Van Gogh. Peinture au musée de la haye. At top left corner on the verso: [an illegible word] Van Rijssel.
10.33	Vienna	Albertina, Graphische Sammlung	Laid paper, printed in brown-red			[ARC]HES	Stamp at lower right: Lugt 2807d	Annotation on verso: L'homme à la pipe. Eauforte unique de Vincent van Gogh (tirage de P. van Rijssel 18 -1890.
10.34	Cincinnati	Cincinnati Art Museum (The Albert P. Strietmann Collection)	Laid paper			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe (Dr. Gachet). Eau-forte unique de Vincent van Gogh. Auvers Sur/oise 25 mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.35	Dallas	Dallas Museum of Art (The Wendy and Emery Reves Collection)	Type of paper unknown			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c
10.36	Frankfurt-am-Main	Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie	Laid paper			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation in ink on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe -- Portrait de mon Père: Le Dr Gachet. Eauforte de Vincent van Gogh. Auvers s/oise. Mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature]. Annotation on verso, lower left: Dr. Hagemann Nr. 7
10.37	Frankfurt-am-Main	Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie	Laid paper, printed in red			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation in ink on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe (Portrait de mon Père: Le Dr Gachet) Eau-forte de Vincent van Gogh Auvers s/oise Mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature]. No. 21. Epreuve ancienne tirée par Auguste Delâtre.
10.38	The Hague	Haags Gemeentemuseum	Laid paper			P L BAS	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation in ink on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe -- (Dr Gachet) Eau-forte unique de Vncent van Gogh Auvers-sur-oise -- 25 Mai 1890 Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.39	Hamburg	Hamburger Kunsthalle	Laid paper			HUDELIST (?)	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe. Portrait de mon Père: le Dr Gachet Eau-forte de Vincent van Gogh Auvers s/oise. Mai 1890 Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.40	London	British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings	Wove paper			Unknown	Stamp at lower left: Lugt 1195b At lower centre: Lugt 2807c
10.41	London	The Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine	Laid paper			ED & Cie	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe [Dr Gachet] Eau-forte unique de Vincent van Gogh Auvers 25 May 1890 Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.42	Minneapolis	Minneapolis Institute of Arts	Laid paper			VGZ [Van Gelder & Zonen]		Annotation on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe, Portrait de mon Père: le Dr Gachet Eau-forte de Vincent van Gogh. Auvers-sur-oise, Mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.43	Munich	Staatliche Graphische Sammlung	Laid paper			Lower part of ARCHES	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation in blue/black ink on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe / Portrait de mon Père: le Dr Gachet / Eau-forte de Vincent Van Gogh / Auvers s/oise. Mai 1890 / Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature]. / No. 25
10.44	New York	Private collection, courtesy of The Galerie St. Etienne	Thin rice paper			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation in pencil on verso: 1696/37. Auvers -- 25 Mai 1890. L'Homme à la Pipe (Dr Gachet.) Unique Eau-forte de Vincent Van Gogh. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.45	New York	Arents Collections, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations	Laid paper			P L BAS		Annotation in ink on verso: L'Homme à la pipe. Portrait de mon Père: Le Dr Gachet Eau-forte de Vincent van Gogh. Auvers s/oise Mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.46	Ottawa	National Gallery of Canada	Laid paper			None	Stamp at lower left: Lugt 2807c	Annotated in graphite on verso: L'homme à la Pipe. Eau-forte unique de Vincent van Gogh -- Auvers 25 mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.47	Paris	Bibliotèque d'Art et d'Archéologie (Fondation Jacques Doucet)	Laid paper			[AR]CHES	Stamp at lower centre: D[oucet]
10.48	Paris	Bibliotèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes	Laid paper, printed in brown-red			None	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c At lower left: Lugt 1195b At lower centre the stamp 'B.N. Est' [Bibliotèque National, Estampes].	Annotation on verso: L'homme à la pipe. Dr Gachet Eauforte unique de Vincent van Gogh Auvers-sur-Oise 25 Mai 1890 Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.49	Paris	Bibliotèque des Musées Nationaux	Laid paper			Ed & Cie	Stamp at lower centre: Luft 2807c	Annotation in black ink on verso in Paul Gachet Jr.'s handwriting: L'Homme à la Pipe (Dr Gachet) Eau forte unique de Vincent van Gogh Auvers -- 25 Mai 1890
10.50	Paris	Private collection	Laid paper			Van Gelder	Stamp at lower centre: Luft 2807c	Annotation in ink at top of verso: L'Homme à la pipe (Dr Gachet) Eau-forte unique de Vincent van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise le 25 mai 1890 Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.51	Rochester, N.Y.	Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester	Laid paper			Van Gelder	Stamp at lower centre: Luft 2807c	Annotation in ink on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe. Portrait de mon Père (le Dr Gachet). Eau-forte de Vincent van Gogh. Auvers s/oise Mai 1890 Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.52	Rotterdam	Museum Boymans-van Beuningen	Laid paper			Crown and lily, probably Van Gelder (cut off)		Annotation on verso: 'L'Homme à la Pipe,' Portrait de mon Père: Eau-forte de Vincent van Gogh. Auvers-s-Oise Mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr} [signature]. no. 27.
10.53	Toledo, Ohio	Toledo Museum of Art (Frederick B. and Kate L. Shoemaker Fund)	Laid paper			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c At lower left: Luft 1195b	Annotation in ink on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe (Dr Gachet) Eau-forte unique de Vincent van Gogh Auvers s/oise le 25 Mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].	It is known that this impression belonged to De la Faille in 1930 from a label on the back of the old frame, which also states that the print was shown at the exhibition "Vincent van Gogh en zijn tijdgenoten, Amsterdam [Stedelijk Museum] 1930. However, there is no entry for it in that catalogue.
10.54	Vienna	Albertina, Graphische Sammlung	Laid paper, printed in brown-red			None		Annotation in black ink on verso: L'Homme à la pipe (Dr. Gachet) Eau forte unique de Vincent van Gogh Auvers s/Oise 25 Mai 1890 Paul Gachet [signature]. Annotation in pencil on bottom of verso: 132
10.55	Washington	National Gallery of Art (Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection)	Thin rice paper			None	Lugt 2807c	Annotated on verso on bottom: L'homme à la Pipe (Dr Gachet) eau forte Vincent van Gogh (mai 1890) Auvers. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.56	Washington	Phillips Collection	Wove paper			None	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c
10.57	Wiesbaden	Museum Wiesbaden	Laid paper			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation in ink at top of verso: L'Homme à la Pipe. Portrait de mon Pere: le Dr. Gachet. Eau-forte de Vincent Van Gogh. Auvers s/Oise, Mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature]. Annotation in ink at bottom of verso: Epreuve tirée par Monsieur Gachet
10.58	Winterthur	Private collection	Laid paper			Ed & Cie	Stamp at lower left: Lugt 1195b At lower centre: Lugt 2807c
10.59	The Netherlands	Private collection	Laid paper			Ed & Cie	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation in ink on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe (Dr Gachet) Eauforte unique de Vincent van Gogh Auvers s/oise -- 25 Mai 1890. Paul Gachet [signature].
10.60	Switzerland	Private collection	Laid paper			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 1195b At lower left: Lugt 2807c	Annotation on recto: no 15519 Annoation on verso: L'Homme à la Pipe (Portrait de mon Père, le Dr Gachet.) Eau-forte de Vincent Van Gogh. Auvers s/oise. Mai 1890. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].
10.61		Location unknown	Laid paper, printed in red			Unknown	Stamp at lower centre: Lugt 2807c	Annotation in ink on recto: Hommage très sympathique à Monsieur Gustave Coquiot. Paul Gachet [Jr] [signature].

Stamps

1195b	2807c	2807d

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