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VINCENT VAN GOGH. The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat)

The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat). Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853-1890 Auvers-sur-Oise). Dimensions: 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm). Date: 1885.
This painting from February/March 1885, with its restricted palette of dark tones, coarse facture, and blocky drawing, is typical of the works Van Gogh painted in Nuenen the year before he left Holland for France. His peasant studies of 1885 culminated in his first important painting, <i>The Potato Eaters</i> (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
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Title:
The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat)
Caption:
The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat). Artist: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853-1890 Auvers-sur-Oise). Dimensions: 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm). Date: 1885. This painting from February/March 1885, with its restricted palette of dark tones, coarse facture, and blocky drawing, is typical of the works Van Gogh painted in Nuenen the year before he left Holland for France. His peasant studies of 1885 culminated in his first important painting, The Potato Eaters (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam).
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Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
4509 x 5829 px | 75.2 MB
Print size:
38.2 x 49.4 cm | 15.0 x 19.4 in (300 dpi)