Park with Shrub
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Arles, April-May 1888
pencil, pen and reed pen and ink, on paper, 25.8 cm x 34.6 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
In the spring of 1888, Van Gogh spent a lot of time drawing. He was then living in the southern French city of Arles. He made this drawing in the park in front of the Yellow House, where he became a tenant on 1 May. He used a thin pen for the grass and a thicker one for the shrubs. The direction of the pen strokes also differs for each type of vegetation. This gives each one its own distinct character.
Van Gogh used reed pens that he made himself. He found the reeds along the canals around the city. Reed pens create an aesthetically pleasing result, but it's not easy to draw with them. That's why he practiced a great deal.
- F-number
- F1421
- JH-number
- JH1414
- Object number
- d0343V1962
- Dimensions
- 25.8 cm x 34.6 cm
- Provenance
- Probably sent by the artist from Arles to his brother Theo van Gogh, Paris, at the beginning of May 1888; after his death on 25 January 1891, inherited by his widow, Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and their son, Vincent Willem van Gogh, Paris; administered until her death on 2 September 1925 by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Bussum/Amsterdam/Laren; given on loan by Vincent Willem van Gogh, Laren to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, since 22 October 1931; transferred by Vincent Willem van Gogh on 10 July 1962 to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation, Amsterdam; agreement concluded between the Vincent van Gogh Foundation and the State of the Netherlands, in which the preservation and management of the collection, and its placing in the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, to be realized in Amsterdam, is entrusted to the State, 21 July 1962; given on loan until the opening of the museum on 2 June 1973 to the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh from 2 June 1973 and at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, since 1 July 1994.
- artist
- Vincent van Gogh
- Credits (obliged to state)
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
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