Wheatfield and Cypresses

Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, June-July 1889

pencil, reed pen and pen and ink, on paper, 47.1 cm x 62.3 cm

Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

This is one of ten drawings after paintings of his own that Vincent made in the summer of 1889. He sent the drawings to his brother Theo. They offered an impression of how he was spending his time in the asylum in Saint-Rémy. Theo was very impressed with some of them but also wrote, 'The latest drawings look like they've been done in a fury.' This was one of those drawings.

Because the cypress was drawn with a thicker pen than the rest of it, it stands out. The contrast is more striking than it originally was; in some places, the ink has faded.

F-number
F1538
JH-number
JH1757
Object number
d0445V1962
Dimensions
47.1 cm x 62.3 cm
Provenance
Sent by the artist from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, 2 July 1889; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; given on loan by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, since 22 October 1931; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh on 10 July 1962 to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
artist
Vincent van Gogh
Credits (obliged to state)
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)

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