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| Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 12-18 December 1882)
... the streets in
winter than in summer.
I read your information about Buhot's paper which you sent.
If you think it advisable for me to work on it, I should have
several sheets, and I think they are made in the right size, so
that I could adjust my work to them. I cannot get that paper
here, otherwise I should have tried it already. Having read
your information, the question also remains, If one takes a
photograph of the drawing, which photograph is later
transferred to zinc, are only those drawings which have been
made on the paper in question suitable for it - can't one
reproduce all drawings in black and white, even though they are
made on ordinary paper? Further, Can the photographer reduce
the size, in case the drawing is too large for the page? I
should infer the latter from some American reproductions in
Scribner's Magazine.
Well, adieu, I hope you will write by the twentieth. With a
handshake in thought,
Yours sincerely, Vincent
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(c. 7 February 1883)
... Christmas
Papers, for instance - are done? I have samples of the paper
and also some information about the varying forces of Black and
White and the way they can be produced. The paper is very
curious; sometimes the grain has a sort of ground colour, which
is already like a grey haze - it is especially suitable, for
snow effects, for instance. There is also paper with
hatchings.
I am still keeping a beautiful sheet by Dagnan for you,
“Jardin des Tuileries,” and one by Montbard,
“Arab Beggars,” and certainly some smaller ones
besides the duplicates from the Graphic.
Before your illness you wrote me that you had a duplicate of
Heilbuth's “Two Ladies in a Boat.” This is the one
that is missing from my collection, although I have other large
Heilbuths, so I wish to remind you of it.
I don't remember whether I wrote you about the Caldecott
illustrations for Washington Irving's Sketch Book - “Old
Christmas” and “Bracebridge... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(c. 27 February 1883)
... drawing with ink on the stone
itself.
At the same time I am sending you two samples of coarse
paper which I think is very suitable for mounting the wood
engravings. They show up well just because it is so rough, and
its colour is lovely.
The alterations in my studio have turned out very well
indeed; the light is wonderful now, and I am delighted with
it.
I have finished cutting out and mounting the wood engravings
from the Graphic. Now that they are arranged in an
orderly manner, they show up ever so much better.
Do you know Daziel as a black-and-white artist? I have a
“Public House” by him - something like the one by
Green - excellent.
Well, amice, perhaps I shall write more soon. I wanted to
send you the sample of the lithographic paper without delay,
but I am very busy. So goodbye, write again soon, and believe
me,
Ever yours, Vincent
I have a magnificent Giacomelli, a large sheet representing
a “Flight of Crows.”... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 4 March 1883)
... can get some new
things which I shall need. For
instance, I intend to buy, at what they call wholesale price,
several things which he has had
for a long time, and will let me have cheaply. Especially a
number of sheets of a rough kind of watercolour paper which is
no longer in demand, but which I like better than the smooth
kind. You would do me a great favour by sending that
crayon.
Adieu, my very best wishes, especially for your patient.
Believe me,
Yours sincerely, Vincent
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 2 May 1883)
... - absolutely without a penny - for about a week. Besides,
all my drawing material was used up. I was negotiating with
Smulders about a lot of drawing paper and took it, though I
cannot really afford it right now; but I absolutely needed it,
together with other materials, for instance, the printer's ink
of the engravers, and lithographic crayon. And I had to pay for
several household things and to lay in provisions. And had to
pay the models, whom I had had meanwhile, in order to be able
to work on.
I am very, very sorry I have to ask for it, but if there is
the slightest possibility, send me another 10 francs. A week's
work depends on it, for I cannot expect an answer from Rappard
right away. I am already hard up, and have made arrangements
with models. After Rappard sends me the money, the time will
come when things will run smoothly again. If you can send it,
this week will pass without a hitch; if not, the damage will be
unpleasant. But do not be angry with me; it was a combination
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