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Etten, Aug/Sep 1881
"At Stam's I found Ingres paper twice as thick as the ordinary kind, one can work better on it. But alas, it's white. Would there be any chance of your sending some of that same kind, but the colour of unbleached muslin or linen? Like a few of the sheets that were in that lot you bought me before, and like those on which the Exercices au Fusain are printed. Before beginning to draw on the white pap..."
Etten, September 1881
"I brought along some conté-crayon in wood (just like pencils) from The Hague, and I work with them a great deal now." "If you like and are able to, please remember the Ingres paper, the colour of unbleached linen, the stronger kind if possible."
Etten, 12 October 1881
"At present I am working a good deal with charcoal and black crayon, and I have also tried sepia and watercolour."
Etten, c. 21 December 1881
"I must start using better paint and better paper now. For studies and sketches, though, the Ingres paper is excellent. And it works out much cheaper to make my own sketchbooks in various sizes from that than to buy the sketchbooks ready-made. I still have a small supply of Ingres paper, but if you could include some more of the same kind when you send those studies back to me, I should be greatly ..."
Etten, 22-24 December 1881
"You must know, Theo, that Mauve has sent me a paintbox with paint, brushes, palette, palette knife, oil, turpentine - in short, everything necessary."
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