IDENTITY
Letter 800 — Brushes & Palette Order
Saint-Rémy, 1889
Content Summary
On 5–6 September 1889 at Saint-Rémy, Van Gogh orders six black-haired fitch brushes, zinc white, emerald green, cobalt, carmine, vermilion, crimson lake and ten metres of canvas.
CONTEXT
Topics
Brushes, Palette Order, 6 fitch brushes, black hair, zinc white, emerald green, cobalt, carmine, vermilion, crimson lake, 10 m canvas
Materials & Pigments
Canvas, Brushes, Cobalt, Carmine, Vermilion, zinc white, emerald green, crimson lake
Related People
Vincent van Gogh, Theo van Gogh
Paintings
RESEARCH
Quotation
Research Focus
The order provides direct evidence for Van Gogh’s working materials at Saint-Rémy, documenting both the brushes he required and a concentrated selection of colours and canvas.
Related Work / Relevance
SOURCES & EVIDENCE
Source Type
Letter
Source
Source Edition
Vincent van Gogh — The Letters, scholarly online edition (Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING)
Source URL
Evidence Type
Primary Source
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