12 letters found

1. 637 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 8 or Monday, 9 July 1888.

   in note 5:

   The art dealer Siegfried Bing had run a gallery for Chinese and Japanese art at 19 rue Chauchat, Pari...

   in note 16:

   ...ogh mentions a man called Lévy, who was one of Bing’s branch managers. This is probably who he mea...

   in note 10:

   ...gravure au Japon, which ran from 28 May 1888 in Bing’s gallery at 22 rue de Provence. See exhib. ca...

   in translation:

   ...e taken in. The only thing I actually owe is to Bing. In the sense that there are still 90 francs wor...

   And if I don’t ask Bing for a commission, it’s precisely that I would bring it up in case of clai...

   ...for the best in the best of worlds? I read that Bing’s holding a Japanese exhibition and publishing...

   ...rancs — then we’d be nearly there. What’s Bing’s exhibition like? If you happened to see thei...

2. 640 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 15 July 1888.

   in note 3:

   This may have been the attic at the back of Bing’s branch at 22 rue de Provence; in 1899 it was con...

   in translation:

   ...tained. Now, I approve of your idea of settling Bing’s account, and I’m sending you back fifty fr...

   Or else Bing will replace the merchandise represented by the enclosed 50 francs. But. If it was possi...

   There’s an attic at Bing’s, and in it there’s a heap of 10 thousand Japanese prints, landscapes...

   But please, keep the Bing stock. The benefit’s too great. As far as money goes, I’ve lost rather ...

   ...e art, and if I’ve said nothing about this to Bing it’s because I think that after my journey in ...

3. 642 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 15 July 1888.

   in note 6:

   ...ly paid 3 sous per sheet; evidently they had persuaded Bing to give them a discount. See letter 640.

   in note 5:

   ...hat Van Gogh introduced Anquetin and Bernard to Bing (cf. Welsh-Ovcharov in exhib. cat. Paris 1988, p...

   in translation:

   ...ning, in which I’d included 50-franc note for Bing, and it’s about this Bing business again that ...

   ...ch I could see Paris again I wouldn’t call at Bing’s precisely to go and see the Hokusais and oth...

   ...sent my work has kept me busy; I can’t do any more about it but I recommend Bing’s attic to you.

   Now, there’s still more to learn at Bing’s, and that’s why I urge you to keep our stock there, ...

   ...ell. I didn’t conceal that there were some at Bing’s, only I said they were 5 sous, which Bing hi...

   ...hing at all, because people are afraid to go to Bing, thinking him expensive. Now, what I didn’t go...

   But to break off our relations with Bing — oh no, never that.

   If, though, I saw Bing’s manager, I’d say to him that when you put yourself out to find collector...

4. 652 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 31 July 1888.

   in translation:

   As far as Bing’s concerned, as for being in a hurry: no. Only far from breaking off relations, we s...

5. 672 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 1 September 1888.

   in note 5:

   Theo’s visit to Siegfried Bing’s art gallery would have been to do with the ‘stock’ of prints...

   in translation:

   ...t letter, reporting more fully on your visit to Bing. It doesn’t surprise me that you say that afte...

6. 676 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 8 September 1888.

   in note 9:

   ...er Saint-Cucula in the district of Rueil. Cf. for Lévy, Bing’s branch manager: letter 637, n. 16.

   in translation:

   ... Lévy. Not possible, is it, that that could be Bing’s manager, Lévy?? I think it must be somebody...

7. 685 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 21 September 1888.

   in note 6:

   ... The leading article of the first issue (May 1888) was ‘Programme’ by Siegfried Bing (pp. 1-10).

   in translation:

   Bing’s text on Japan is a bit dry and leaves something to be desired — he says, there’s a great...

8. 686 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 23 or Monday, 24 September 1888.

   in note 13:

   See letter 637, n. 16, for Lévy, the manager of one of Bing’s branches.

   in translation:

   Among Bing’s reproductions I find the drawing of the blade of grass, and the carnations, and the Ho...

   in note 21:

   In his introduction in Le Japon Artistique, Bing wrote about the Japanese artist: ‘he believes that...

9. 696 To Emile Bernard. Arles, Wednesday, 3 October 1888.

   in translation:

   ...like simple labourers. I have the reproduction (Bing publication) of a Japanese drawing: A single bla...

10. 707 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 17 October 1888.

    in translation:

    ... the monstrous frame seriously wish to see something new, let them go to Bing and then to the south.

11. 768 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 3 May 1889.

    in translation:

    ...arin woman by Monorou (the large print from the Bing album), the blade of grass (from the same album)...

12. 869 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 10 May 1890.

    in note 4:

    ... the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and organized by Siegfried Bing, had 725 works on display. See Exposition d...

1 essay item found

1. Van Gogh as a letter-writer / Manuscripts

   in letter_writer_5:

   ...ich block letters are used nowadays, such as ‘Bing’ in letter 637, the words ‘si nous ne savons...

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