3Have you been working in the country 4lately and is the house you are 5building getting on.
6It appears that Claude Monet has 7done fine things/ my brothers writes to 8say that he has at present an exhibition 9of 10 new pictures. One representing 10pinetrees by the seaside with a 11red sunset casting a red glow over 12'stems/ branches/ foliage and the ground 13itself – a marvel I hear.1
14Bernard is doing good things I believe 15and taking a lot of trouble.
16Gauguin is still at Pont Aven 17'[a]nd suffering of his liver complaint 18'[bu]t working nevertheless
12 itself – < itself
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18 [bu]t < Text lost due to the edge of the paper.