Letter from Vincent van Gogh, Saint Rémy, to Émile Bernard, ca. 1889 November 26 : autograph manuscript signed.

Record ID: 
267939
Accession number: 
MA 6441.19
Author: 
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890, sender.
Created: 
Saint Rémy, ca. 1889 November 26
Credit: 
Thaw Collection, given in honor of Charles E. Pierce, Jr., 2007.
Description: 
1 item (1 folded sheet) : illustrations ; 41.4 x 26.6 cm (16 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches)
Notes: 

Illustrated with two sketches: Reclining girl (8.5 x 3.5 cm, 3 3/8 x 1 3/8 inches); Three trees (3.4 x 4.8 cm, 1 3/8 x 1 7/8 inches).
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).
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.