a. Read: ‘Boch’.
1. The painting obtained through an exchange was Eugène Boch’s The Agrappe mine in Frameries, Borinage (The Crachet-Pecry mine) [595]. See letter 890, n. 2.
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2. Peyron’s letter to Vincent and his reply to it are not known; the doctor must have written about the final settling of accounts, among other things. Peyron’s letter of 1 July 1890 (letter 895) is his response to the letter Vincent says he has written here.
3. Irises in a vase (F 680 / JH 1978 [2905]) and Irises in a vase (F 678 / JH 1977 [2904]).
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4. Roses in a vase (F 681 / JH 1976 [2903]) and Roses in a vase (F 682 / JH 1979 [2906]).
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5. This is Green wheatfield (F 718 / JH 1727 [2800]). See cat. Otterlo 2003, p. 291.
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6. Probably Landscape in the neighbourhood of Saint-Rémy (F 726 / JH 1874 [3107]), which measures 33 x 41 cm. Another possibility is Orchard in blossom at the foot of the Alpilles (F 723 / JH 1722 [2795]), which measures 37.5 x 30.5 cm.
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7. Road with a cypress and a star (F 683 / JH 1982 [2907]).
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8. Adeline Ravoux (F 768 / JH 2035 [2926]) and Adeline Ravoux (F 769 / JH 2037 [2927]). The latter, measuring 71.5 x 53 cm and therefore a no. 15 canvas, did in fact come into Theo’s possession. Adeline, the eldest daughter of the innkeepers Mr and Mrs Ravoux, was 13 years old. Sixty-three years after the event, she wrote about posing for Van Gogh. See Ravoux 1957, and Hulsker 1990-1, p. 428.
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9. This was Wheatfields (F 775 / JH 2038 [2928]); Van Gogh included letter sketches after it in letters 893 and 896.
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10. Couple walking between rows of poplars (F 773 / JH 2041 [2930]).
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11. Landscape at twilight (F 770 / JH 2040 [2929]).
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12. Anton Hirschig.
13. This resulted in Marguerite Gachet at the piano (F 772 / JH 2048 [2932]).
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14. For The red vineyard (F 495 / JH 1626 [2745]), for which Boch’s sister Anna had paid 400 francs, see letter 875, n. 2.
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15. The exchange probably never took place. The estate does, however, contain a landscape drawing by Quost.
Quost’s Garden with hollyhock, c. 1881-1890, must once have been in Theo’s possession as well, given its dedication: ‘A Theo van Gogh / Ce tableau qu’aime tant mon ami Vincent / Bien amicalement / E. Quost’ (To Theo van Gogh / This painting that my friend Vincent loves so much / Best wishes / E. Quost). The painting disappeared from the family collection but was acquired in 1996 by the Vincent van Gogh Foundation (Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum). Ill. 2304 [2304]. See Van Gogh Museum Journal. Amsterdam and Zwolle 1996, p. 203.
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