BIB_ID
267933
Accession number
MA 6441.13
Creator
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890, sender.
Display Date
Arles, ca. 1888 August 5
Credit line
Thaw Collection, given in honor of Charles E. Pierce, Jr., 2007.
Description
1 item (2 sheets, the first one folded) ; 41.9 x 26.9 cm (16 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches) and 13.2 x 20.2 cm (5 1/4 x 8 inches)
Notes
One of a group of 22 surviving letters from Van Gogh to Bernard from December 1887-November 1889, 19 of which are in the Morgan's collection (MA 6441).
With a small sketch of a sailing boat at top right of first page, in an unknown hand (not by Van Gogh).
High reserve.
With a small sketch of a sailing boat at top right of first page, in an unknown hand (not by Van Gogh).
High reserve.
Provenance
Émile Bernard, until at least 1926; acquired by Baroness Marianne Goldschmidt-Rothschild (née Friedländer-Fuld), 1929 or earlier; by descent to her heirs, 1973; purchased by Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York, 2001 or 2003.
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