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FINE in jacket with very light shelf-wear to edge. pp. xii, 380 First Edition.

Presents a collection of the drawings of Vincent Van Gogh, providing images of his works in charcoal, chalk, ink, graphite, and watercolor, and including essays the place each drawing in its historical context, explaining its significance. Contents include: Out of line : how van Gogh made his mark /; Colta Ives –; The paper trail : from portfolios to posterity /; Susan Alyson Stein –; Metamorphoses : van Gogh’s drawings then and now /; Sjraar van Heugten –; Catalogue. –; The Dutch years, 1880-85 /; Sjraar van Heugten –; Antwerp and Paris, 1885-88 : the academy and the avant-garde /; Sjraar van Heugten –; Arles, 1888-89 : the synthesis /; Susan Alyson Stein. –; First encounters /; Susan Alyson Stein –; A visit to the sea /; Colta Ives –; Summer harvest /; Colta Ives –; Figure and portrait drawings /; Susan Alyson Stein –; The heights of Montmajour /; Colta Ives –; Gardens, parks, and byways /; Colta Ives –; Répétitions : drawings after paintings /; Susan Alyson Stein –; Drawing to a close /; Susan Alyson Stein –; Saint Rémy, 1889-90 : taking asylum /; Marije Vellekoop –; Auvers, 1890 : return to the north /; Marije Vellekoop –; Infrared reflectography : the drawings under the drawings –; Technical studies : observations on the drawing materials used by van Gogh in Provence /; Marjorie Shelley –; Appendixes : Summaries of scientific analyses of drawing materials /; Silvia A. Centeno.

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) believed that drawing was “the root of everything.” A self-taught artist, he succeeded, between 1881 and 1890, in developing an inimitable graphic style. This book traces the artist’s successive triumphs as a draftsman, first in the Netherlands and later in France, highlighting the diversity of his technical invention and the striking continuity of his vision. Given the pivotal role drawings played in Van Gogh’s artistic conception and the rich dialectic they enjoyed with his oil paintings, a small selection of related canvases by the artist is also featured.This beautiful book presents approximately 120 works in charcoal, ink, graphite, watercolor, and diluted oils. The authors explore enduring questions that surround Van Gogh’s drawings, including their manufacture, artistic precedents, and contribution to Modernism. In addition, the text discusses the significance of the artist’s drawing practice to his development as a painter. The essays and entries feature the most current research on Van Gogh’s drawings and provide fresh interpretations of the motivating influences that shaped the artist’s contributions to the history of drawing.

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