A close-up detail of Van Gogh's rare drawing. The 50cm x 30cm work was done with his favourite drawing tool, a carpenter's pencil, in his distinctive style, on water-marked paper from 1877. Photo: AP
A Dutch museum on Thursday unveiled a previously unknown work by Vincent van Gogh - a study for one of his best-known drawings, Worn Out - in which an old man sits in a chair with his head in his hands.
Van Gogh "was really interested in the ordinary person, he was also looking to express emotion," said Van Gogh Museum Director Emilie Gordenker.
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'Worn Out' by Van Gogh
A close-up detail of Van Gogh's rare drawing. The 50cm x 30cm work was done with his favourite drawing tool, a carpenter's pencil, in his distinctive style, on water-marked paper from 1877. Photo: AP
Senior researcher Teio Meenendorp unveils an unseen artwork by Vincent van Gogh that is named 'Worn Out" at The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Photo: Reuters
Detail of study for "Worn Out", a drawing by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh, dated Nov 1882, on public display for the first time at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Photo: AP
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