VINCENT VAN GOGH

(after) Le Paysan. Color aquatint, 1928. 400x316 mm; 15x12 1/2 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 200. Signed by Villon and inscribed "epreuve d'essai" in pencil, lower margin. Etched by Jacques Villon. Published by Bernheim-Jeune, Paris. A very good impression with strong colors. The current print reproduces the Portrait of Patience Escalier, a shepherd in Provence, painted at Arles in 1888 and now in the Niarchos collection. Ginestet/Pouillon 653 (Villon).