Ever Yours: The Essential Letters

Gogh, Vincent Van

ISBN 10: 0300209479 / ISBN 13: 9780300209471

Published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2014

About this Item

Book is in as new condition, first edition , numbers end with 1, Dust jacket is fine with a tiny tear top right of spine. Book contains Van Gogh's correspondence, 265 letters of the 820 known to exist and historical family photographs and information, Also, included are 87 pps, of letters with Van Gogh sketches, Book is edited by Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke Bakker all involved at some point with The Van Gogh Museum.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ever Yours: The Essential Letters
• Publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven and London
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300209479
• ISBN 13: 9780300209471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

"There is scarcely one letter by Van Gogh which I, who am certainly no expert, do not find fascinating." —W. H. Auden

In addition to his many remarkable paintings and drawings, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) left behind a fascinating and voluminous body of correspondence. This highly accessible book includes a broad selection of 265 letters, from a total of 820 in existence, that focus on Van Gogh’s relentless quest to find his destiny, a search that led him to become an artist; the close bond with his brother Theo; his fraught relationship with his father; his innate yearning for recognition; and his great love of art and literature. The correspondence not only offers detailed insights into Van Gogh’s complex inner life, but also re-creates the world in which he lived and the artistic avant-garde that was taking hold in Paris.
 
The letters are accompanied by a general introduction, historic family photographs, and reproductions of 87 actual pages of letters that contain sketches by Van Gogh. Selected from the critically acclaimed 6-volume set of letters published by the Van Gogh Museum in 2009, Ever Yours is the essential book on Van Gogh’s letters, which every art and literature lover needs to own.  



Published in association with the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

About the Author

Leo Jansen, formerly curator of paintings at the Van Gogh Museum, is editor of the Mondrian Edition Project. Hans Luijten is a senior researcher and Nienke Bakker is curator of paintings at the Van Gogh Museum.