Drawings
From paper to canvas
Twelve source-backed connections between Van Gogh drawings and the paintings they prepared, reworked, recalled or documented.
Before the painting
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Head of a Man
The catalogue identifies the male sitter as the same man depicted in The Potato Eaters.
The Potato Eaters catalogue entry 25; local transcription lines 1128-1146 -
Peasant Woman Gleaning
After completing The Potato Eaters, Van Gogh turned to large studies of agricultural workers to deepen his command of the human figure.
The Potato Eaters catalogue entry 29; local transcription lines 1219-1237 -
The Sower
The letter sketch records Van Gogh working on the F422 painting and describing its violet field and yellow sky.
The Sower catalogue entry 75; local transcription lines 2446-2477 -
Café Terrace on the Place du Forum
The catalogue treats the reed-pen drawing as Van Gogh's initial conception of the café motif before he returned to paint the night scene in F467.
Café Terrace at Night catalogue entry 96; local transcription lines 3175-3197
After the painting
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Worn Out
The catalogue identifies the F997 drawing as a renewed treatment of the earlier Worn Out motif, F863.
Worn Out catalogue entry 11; local transcription lines 803-842 -
The Sower
The catalogue establishes this drawing for Theo as a later drawing after F422, simplifying the composition into sun, field and sower.
The Sower catalogue entry 76; local transcription lines 2478-2531 -
Portrait of Joseph Roulin (for John Russell)
The catalogue places this reed-pen portrait among drawings predicated on the painted portrait of Joseph Roulin, F432.
Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin catalogue entry 81; local transcription lines 2634-2682 -
The Yellow House
The catalogue identifies this letter sketch as a rough drawing of Van Gogh's recent Yellow House painting, F464.
The Yellow House (The Street) catalogue entry 97; local transcription lines 3198-3226 -
The Yellow House
The catalogue connects this watercolor to F464 as a later translation intended to communicate the painting's colour.
The Yellow House (The Street) catalogue entry 98; local transcription lines 3227-3250 -
Wheat Field with Cypresses
The catalogue identifies F717 as the model for this reed-pen drawing and traces how paint relations are translated into graphic marks.
Wheat Field with Cypresses catalogue entry 110; local transcription lines 3519-3536
Artwork source anchors
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Cypresses
Catalogue entry 109 is the F613 canvas itself and anchors it to letters 596 and 608.
Cypresses catalogue entry 109; local transcription lines 3482-3518 -
Wheat Field with Cypresses
Catalogue entry 111 is the F717 canvas itself, documented through letters 597 and 608.
Wheat Field with Cypresses catalogue entry 111; local transcription lines 3537-3560