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relate to Art - support
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Amsterdam, 19 May 1877
"Yesterday Uncle Cor sent me a batch of old paper, like the sheet I'm using to write to you, won't it be wonderful for working on?"
Cuesmes, 5 August 1879
"In Brussels I bought from a Jewish book dealer another big sketchbook of old Dutch paper."
Etten, July 1881
"I mean, white Ingres paper. I bought some of it from Brussels and worked on it with pleasure, and it is very well suited to pen drawing, especially for a reed pen. Now I have been without it for quite a time, and here I can only get smooth paper without any grain (unless I take Whatman or Harding, but that is too expensive for sketches - the Ingres paper costs 10 centimes a sheet, I think). Well, ..."
Etten, c. 12 October 1881
"That thick Ingres paper I mentioned is especially good for painting in watercolour, and it is much cheaper than any other. Still, I am not in a hurry for it because I brought a supply from The Hague, but alas, it's plain white."
Etten, 12-15 October 1881
"I'm so glad you've sent the Ingres paper. I've still got some left, but not the right colour."
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