Newly-Found Van Gogh Art ‘Study For Worn Out’ To Appear In Public For First Time
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A sketch, recently discovered to be by Vincent van Gogh, will go on public display for the first time ever in Amsterdam.
The artwork will hang at the Van Gogh Museum in the Netherlands from this week, allowing visitors to take a look at the famed artist’s hidden drawing.
The piece, titled Study for Worn Out, is dated November 1882, making it nearly 140 years old. Van Gogh depicts an elderly man hunched over on a wooden chair, with his face buried in his hands.
According to ARTNews, this was a preliminary sketch before the artist drew the actual copy of the same title, while he was working in the Hague.
In this drawing and other similar pieces, Van Gogh displayed sympathy for the socially disadvantaged, and actively called attention to their plight.
“It’s quite rare for a new work to be attributed to Van Gogh. We’re proud to be able to share this early drawing and its story with our visitors,” said the museum’s director Emilie Gordenker.
The drawing had originally belonged to a Dutch collector, who remained anonymous in the museum’s statement. After approaching the museum to have the work inspected, and finding out it was indeed authentic, he is currently loaning the piece to the museum for display till January 2022.
Senior researcher Teio Meedendorp said the technique used in the drawing matches Van Gogh’s other pencil and watercolor works. The sketch’s corners also aligns with others attributed to the artist, as he often attached sheets of paper to his drawing board using starch—which shows up in the wear.
The drawing lends “an exceptional insight into this working process,” said Gordenker.
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