Mauve between two art dealers
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 20 May 1883
Well, adieu, I hope your letter will arrive soon, for I have gone through my money again. I saw Arnold in town with somebody else, perhaps Trip, they were walking with Mauve, but I saw them only from a distance. As Mauve was in the middle, it reminded me of "Christ between Two Thieves", or the group silhouetted against a sunny wall made me think of somebody arrested by two policemen.
However, these are merely imaginings, "things as they might be seen."
Letter 285
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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Well, adieu, I hope your letter will arrive soon, for I have gone through my money again. I saw Arnold in town with somebody else, perhaps Trip, they were walking with Mauve, but I saw them only from a distance. As Mauve was in the middle, it reminded me of "Christ between Two Thieves", or the group silhouetted against a sunny wall made me think of somebody arrested by two policemen.
However, these are merely imaginings, "things as they might be seen."
Letter 285
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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