Date : 1885
Dimensions : 35 cm x 47 cm
Material : Oil on canvas
Acquisition : The Norton Simon Foundation (1985)
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Painting
Painting (Portrait)
Area related
Nuenen (Neitherlands)
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This painting is a study for one of the central figures in the final composition of "The Potato Eaters", considered the first masterpiece of the artist.In a letter about that painting, van Gogh wrote to his brother : "I have tried to make it clear how those people, eating their potatoes under the lamplight, have dug the earth with those very hands they put in the dish, and so it speaks of manual labor, and how they have honestly earned their food." | Item(s) related | |
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Les faux Van Gogh
La vente record (40 millions de dollars au magnat japonais de l'assurance Yasuo Goto) d'un bouquet de tournesols de Vincent Van Gogh, par Christie's le 30 mars 1987, sera à l'origine d'un scandale majeur.
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