Hand-painted in oil
About this Artwork
Books, in the Arles year
The record dates Still Life - French Novels to 1888. Seven titles in this catalogue name novels or books, and five of the seven are dated 1888 — the other two are dated 1887. The subject enters the record in the Paris period and concentrates in the year that follows, which is the kind of movement a dated catalogue can state as a count.
What the record gives
The canvas measures 73.2 by 53 centimetres, an upright, and it is held by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, which holds twenty-two of the works dated 1888. The measured palette reads as yellow.
The still life against its year
Sixty-six titles in this catalogue are still lifes, spread across every period: six dated 1884, twelve dated 1885, sixteen dated 1887, thirteen dated 1888 and seven dated 1890. Because the format persists while the years change, it is a control the catalogue offers for what a change of period actually amounts to. In 1885 brown dominates thirty-one of seventy works; in 1888 it dominates three of 135, and yellow ninety-three. This entry carries the later reading. The catalogue also holds a near-identical 1888 title, Still Life - French Novels and Rose, kept as a separate record.
Sources
3 references- Vincent van Gogh — Wikipedia
Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləɱ vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] ; 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he c
- Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands) — Wikipedia
Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands) is the subject of many drawings, sketches and paintings made during Vincent van Gogh's early artistic career. Most still lifes made in the Netherlands are dated from 1884 to 1885, when
- Vincent van Gogh - Piles of French novels - Google Art Project — Wikimedia Commons
High-resolution image of the work, hosted on Wikimedia Commons.
