Pilot for a new Van Gogh Research Catalogue
Van Gogh may well be the best-documented artist in the world, but this does not apply to his drawings. The Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam (www.vangoghmuseum.com) and the Kröller-Müller museum in Otterlo (www.kmm.nl) have the largest holdings of works by Vincent van Gogh. Now that these two Dutch institutions have finished publishing catalogues on their Van Gogh drawings, it is time that the Van Goghs in other public collections and especially private collections will be examined and put into context for the purpose of a new catalogue raisonné. Since Van Gogh used to work in a rather systematic way, often planning his actions ahead and producing his work in groups or series, it is important to be able to see these drawings as groups in the catalogue. In addition to that, it would be helpful to see in one go all the instances where drawings and paintings are closely related in motif.
Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam
Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo
I am in the process of completing my database of collections containing Van Gogh drawings. As soon as I have a full overview of all drawings I will do a pilot to see whether it can be done to write a research catalogue on Van Gogh drawings. If so, the catalogue will include all drawings made by Vincent van Gogh between 1880 and 1895.
Despite my endeavors to keep a close track of Van Gogh drawings when I started my research twenty-four years ago, some have inevitably escaped my notice. It is my hope that private collectors will contact me through this website. Writing and compiling all the necessary information is an expensive and time-consuming project. It may therefore take several years. Funding needs to be addressed first.
If you own works by Vincent van Gogh
I would appreciate if you could contact me.
Liesbeth Heenk 
