van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22 January 1882)
... carry out; but it cannot all be done at once. You know my clothes are chiefly old things of yours which have been altered for me, or a few have been bought ready-made and are of poor material. So they look shabby, and especially all my dabbling in paint makes...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 14-18 March 1882)
... that will put 30 guilders in my pocket. If something from you were added to that, I would risk buying a few shirts and drawers which I need very, very badly, seeing that the shirts, etc., I own are really getting into a deplorable state and I have only a...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(3 June 1882)
... a chance to get even better results. I should be very pleased if you perhaps had in your wardrobe a discarded coat and pair of trousers fit for me. For when I buy something, I do my best to get things which are as practical as possible for working in...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(26 July 1882)
... you to see Tersteeg or Mauve, etc. and then, I am so used to my working clothes, in which I can lie or sit on the sand or the grass, whichever is necessary (for in the dunes I never use a chair, only an old fish basket sometimes); so my dress is a little too...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(5 or 6 August 1882)
... and had to be replaced by a stronger one. I bought a pair of strong and warm trousers, and as I had bought a pair of strong shoes just before you came, I am now prepared to weather the storm and rain. It is my decided aim to learn from this painting...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(17 August 1883)
... matter when you left, I'll drop it. Indeed, I am thinking of what you said and of what I wrote you about my clothes; I am not reluctant, and think you are perfectly right when you say that if I ever went to see Herkomer, or others, they would notice...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(20 or 21 August 1883)
... it puts me out rather than helps me. As for my clothes, dear brother, I put on what was given me, without wanting more, without asking for more. I have worn clothes I got from Father and from you, which sometimes do not fit me the way they ought to because...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 24 April 1888)
... there, like the series of orchards in bloom here. Also, I have bought three strong linen shirts and two pairs of stout shoes with the idea of moving.
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 3 May 1888)
... or not. Consequently there is nothing urgent. But if it's all the same to you, send me 100 francs next time anyway, as I want to get some drawers made, just as I have had the shirts and shoes, and must send almost all my clothes to be cleaned and mended. Then...

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