JOSEPH MENDES DA COSTA. Vincent Van Gogh, circa 1915. Bronze with patina. Inscribed monogram, title, and motto: MIJN G...

Description

JOSEPH MENDES DA COSTA
Vincent Van Gogh, circa 1915
Bronze with patina
Inscribed monogram, title, and motto: MIJN GOD MAG HET
Cast in an edition of thirteen
Foundry mark: Fonderie Natle des Bronzes Ance Firme J. Petermann St. Gilles Bruxelles
15-1/2 inches (39.5 cm) high

PROVENANCE:
H.P. Bremmer, The Hague;
Christie's, Amsterdam, 1990, lot 232.

EXHIBITED:
Stichting Hopmanshuis Zwolle, Herleving Nederlandse Beeldhouwkunst van 1890-1920, 1959.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Wendingen, vol. V, 1923, p. 7;
A.M. Hammacher, Mendes da Costa, de Geestelijke Boodschap der Beeldhouwkunst, Rotterdam, 1941, pp. 43-45, and 74;
A.M. Hammacher, Beeldhouwkunst van Deze Eeuw en een Schets van Haar Ontwikkeling in de Negentiende Eeuw, Amsterdam, 1955, figs. 29 and 30;
E. van Uitert, De Legende Vorming te Bevorderen: Vincent van Gogh Mythe, Amsterdam, 1977, p. 22;
Kunstschrift no. 1, Joseph Mendes da Costa, "een prachtig mens", The Hague, 1997, p. 32, fig. 45, for another cast in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam;
Singer Museum, exh. cat., Leven in een Verzameling, Toegepaste Kunst 1890-1940 uit de Collectie Meentwijck, Waanders, 2000, p. 171, fig. 196, for other casts in the collections of the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

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