IDENTITY
Ce que je veux
Literature
Work Summary
Ce que je veux by Émile Zola is a 40-line romantic poem from 1859. It expresses a lover's desire for an idealized fair-haired queen and for a life with this beloved figure in a gentle natural setting.
Evidence Summary
This is unusually direct evidence of a literary text entering an image-making attempt.
Explicit literature–art connection: Van Gogh says he attempted to illustrate the poem. The editors add that he may have known it through its illustrated publication in La Vie Moderne on 29 January 1881.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Émile Zola
Work
Ce que je veux
Years / Period
6 Jul 1882
Van Gogh Relation
Compared / Connected
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
6 Jul 1882 — Letter 244, note 4
Applied / Used for Study · Known fragment / attempted illustration
Van Gogh says he knew a fragment titled 'Ce que je veux' for which he had attempted to make an illustration.
Response: This is unusually direct evidence of a literary text entering an image-making attempt.
Connection: Explicit literature–art connection: attempted illustration of the poem.
Publication context: The editors identify Ce que je veux as a 40-line romantic poem from 1859 and suggest that Van Gogh may have known it through its illustrated publication in La Vie Moderne, vol. 3, 29 January 1881, pp. 68–69, illustrated by Félix Régamey.
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