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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (recto)
Vincent van Gogh

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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (recto)

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Amsterdam

20.8 cm x 26.6 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

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b0134V1962r
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Dimensions
20.8 cm x 26.6 cm
Edition 2009

Letter number: 136

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Letter #136 To Theo van Gogh
What I found beautiful and good in the beginning I still find to be so.
Irdina Zarith , Malaysia Loving
Letter #136 To Theo van Gogh
It’s already growing dark, and the view of the yard from the window beside me is indescribably beautiful, with that avenue of poplars whose slender forms and thin branches stand out so delicately against the grey evening sky
B , Ahmedabad, India Happy
Letter #136 To Theo van Gogh
if one thought too much about the dangers of all kinds that surround one – all those who don’t have to take exams no less than those for whom that lies in store, one would become dizzy, and then one would almost certainly not pass, and would almost not dare to do a thing.
alícia , curado Angry