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Joseph Mendes da Costa (Dutch, 1863–1939), , Mijn God Mag Het (My God Can) (Vincent van Gogh)

Sold for $32,760 at Freeman's | Hindman on Feb 23, 2021.

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Joseph Mendes da Costa (Dutch, 1863–1939) Mijn God Mag Het (My God Can) (Vincent van Gogh) Edition of 12. Signed with Artist's conjoined initials on base; titled and identified around the base; also with 'FONDERIE NAT[iona]LE DES BRONZES/ANC[IEN]NE FIRME J. PETERMANN/ ST GILLES - BRUXELLES' foundry mark at base, verso, bronze with dark brown patina Height: 15 1/2 in. (39.4cm) Executed circa 1908. provenance: H.P. Bremmer, The Hague, the Netherlands. Christie's, Amsterdam, sale of December 12, 1990, lot 232. Acquired directly from the above sale. Private Collection, New York. exhibited: "Herleving Nederlandse Beeldhouwkunst van 1890-1920," Stichting Meedoen Zwolle, Zwolle, the Netherlands, 1959. literature: Cf. Wendingen, Vol. V, 1923, p. 7. Abraham M. Hammacher, Mendes da Costa, de Geestelijke Boodschap der Beeldhouwkunst, Brusse, Rotterdam, 1941, pp. 43-45, and 74 (illustrated). Abraham M. Hammacher, Beeldhouwkunst van Deze Eeuw en een Schets van Haar Ontwikkeling in de Negentiende Eeuw, Contact, Amsterdam, 1955, figs. 29 and 30 (illustrated). Evert van Uitert, De Legende Vorming te Bevorderen: Vincent van Gogh Mythe, Amsterdam, 1977, p. 22. Mariëtte Haveman, "Joseph Mendes da Costa, 'een prachtig mens,'" in Kunstschrift, No. 1, The Hague, 1997, p. 32, fig. 45 (another cast illustrated) Frans Leidelmeijer et al., Leven in een Verzameling, Toegepaste Kunst 1890-1940 uit de Collectie Meentwijck, Zwolle, Waanders, 2000, fig. 196, p. 171 (another cast illustrated).

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