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Letter From Vincent van Gogh to Willemien van Gogh with sketch of Woman Reading a Novel (verso)
Vincent van Gogh, c. 12 November 1888

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  • Part of Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Willemien van Gogh with sketches of Reminiscence of Garden at Etten and Woman Reading a Novel
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Letter From Vincent van Gogh to Willemien van Gogh with sketch of Woman Reading a Novel (verso)

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Arles, c. 12 November 1888

pen and ink on paper, 21.1 cm x 26.9 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

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JH-number
JH1631
Object number
b0709V1962v
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
Dimensions
21.1 cm x 26.9 cm
Edition 2009

Letter number: 720

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Popular quotes in this letter

Letter #720 To Willemien van Gogh
I don’t know if you’ll understand that one can speak poetry just by arranging colours well, just as one can say comforting things in music.
Emma , Rijswijk Happy
Letter #720 To Willemien van Gogh
But I remember that I haven’t yet told you that my friend Paul Gauguin, an Impressionist painter, now lives with me and that we’re very happy together, he encourages me a lot often to work purely from the imagination.
Vincent , america Happy