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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(27 May 1888)
... My dear Theo,
I see that I did not put in the sample of the canvas in the
list for Tasset. So I am sending it with this letter.
I had hoped to hear from you today, thinking that you surely
would have received the case.
I remember having written... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 5 June 1888)
... let's do the work that is
nearest.
I send enclosed a sample of canvas for Tasset, but I do not
know whether I should go on with his canvas.
If you send me the next letter on Sunday morning, I
shall probably take myself off that day to Saintes-Maries... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(12 or 13 June 1888)
... myself to one that is too
small.
And for that very reason I'm thinking of working on larger
canvases and launching out boldly to the 30 square. These cost
me 4 francs apiece here, and taking carriage into account that
isn't expensive.
The latest... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 15 June 1888)
... of buying canvases and paying the rent.
I have already hinted that I don't greatly care for Tasset's
canvas for work in the open air. In the future I think we will
have the ordinary canvas. I have bought 50 francs' worth of
canvas with stretchers as well, as I... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 7 July 1888)
... My dear Theo,
If we take a whole length of ordinary canvas, this is the
net price - I have just found it out by chance:
Ordinary rough yellow canvas, width two yards
No. 0, 10 yards in the piece, price 40 francs.
The discount is certainly... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 13 July 1888)
... - there's absolutely nothing doing.
Well now, about this canvas, I have compared Tasset's new
canvas at 4.50 fr. with the price of the same quality at
Bourgeois' (I ferreted out the price of the ordinary canvas as
40 fr. for 20 square meters from his catalogue).... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 3 August 1888)
... myself, and it is worth
more.
In my last letter I forgot to answer your question about the
new canvas from Tasset at 5.50 fr. It is very good and just
what I wanted. If I do a portrait, or indeed anything that I am
anxious to make lasting, he may be sure that... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(8 August 1888)
... count on having your letter on Saturday morning; I have
bought two more canvases, so that already, on Wednesday
evening, I have exactly 5 francs left.
Only here there is still one advantage over the North during
days of penury, that is the fine weather... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(9 August 1888)
... should only have had to
pay 5.60 fr.
Provided that on the 10 meters of canvas I paint only
masterpieces half a meter in size and sell them cash down and
at exorbitant prices to distinguished connoisseurs of the Rue
de la Paix, nothing will be easier than to... |
