Vincent van Gogh - Autograph letter to Paul Gauguin, with a sketch of Bedroom at Arles, [17 October 1888] - The Morgan Library & Museum

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	Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) Autograph letter, dated 17 October 1888, to Paul Gauguin Gift of Eugene V. Thaw in honor of Charles E. Pierce, Jr., 2007; MA 6447 See more van Gogh letters » See CORSAIR catalog record for this item » Eagerly anticipating Gauguin's impending visit, van Gogh promised that en route from Pont-Aven to Arles his friend would see "miles and miles of countryside of different kinds with autumn splendors." Van Gogh reported that a recent bout of eyestrain forced him to remain indoors and paint an interior "with a simplicity à la Seurat." This painting was The Bedroom—sketched and vividly described here—in which he "had wished to express utter repose with all these very different tones." Van Gogh expressed his desire to talk with Gauguin about this and other paintings, admitting that "I often don't know what I'm doing, working almost like a sleepwalker." Two months after Gauguin's arrival, their fierce quarrels about art ended the painters' intense friendship. About this department List of works Text only list Search images Order images

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