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The Woodcutter (Le bucheron)

Maker

After
(artist)
1814-1875

(draughtsman)
1836-1897

Georges Léon Alfred Perrichon (wood engraver)
act. 1907 (Life dates)

Title

Date of Production

19th century

Medium

printed on chine collé

Dimensions

Height: 26.1 cm
Width: 20.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6994

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords

Label Text

This print was made after a drawing by Yon from an oil painting by Millet. Van Gogh was greatly impressed with the wood engravings after Millet’s paintings which he saw in L’Art magazine, mentioning this particular print in a letter to his brother Theo. He first encountered the work of British wood engravers while in London in the 1870s, later acquiring twenty-one volumes of The Graphic. The depictions of rural labourers influenced his own portrayal of people at work.

Notes

The wood engraving is mentioned in the letters of Van Gogh (see Van Gogh letters , letter numbers 141, 157 and 854.

Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Purpose and Process: British and French Printmaking 1600 - 1900, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/05/2014-20/06/2014

Inscriptions

Inscription: G. PERRICHON sc. //

Inscription: Edinom YON d'(?) MILLET //

Stamp: ILLUSTRATION : EX. CORNISH COLL. / ACQUIRED BY HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC / LIBRARY 1928; PRESENTED TO WITT / LIBRARY, 1966 //

Stamp: Witt / Library 1979 //

Inscription: Barbizon 12 fevrier 1864 (...) //

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