Vincent van Gogh
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NoteAll citations in this SparkNote annotated as L are letters from Vincent to Theo from The Complete Letters; all citations notated LW are letters from Vincent to his sister Willemina from the same source.
Arnason, H.H. and Prather, Marla F. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. Fourth Edition. NYC: Harry N. Abrams, 1998.
Dorn, Ronald et alia. Van Gogh Face to Face: The Portraits. NYC: Thames and Hudson Inc., 2000.
Hammacher, A.M. and Renilde. Van Gogh: A Documentary Biography. NYC: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1982.
Hulsker, Jan. The Complete Van Gogh: Paintings, Drawings, Sketches. NYC: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1980.
Hunter, Sam. Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. Third Edition. NYC: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1992.
Pickvance, Ronald. Van Gogh in Arles. NYC: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1984.
–––. Van Gogh in St. Remy and Auvers. NYC: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986.
Schapiro, Meyer. Vincent van Gogh. NYC: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
van Gogh, Vincent. The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh: With Reproductions of All the Drawings in the Correspondence. Ed. J. van Gogh- Bonger. three vols. Greenwich, Connecticut, 1958; 2nd ed., 1978; 3rd ed., 1988.
–––. The Letters of Vincent van Gogh. Ed. R. de Leeuw, translated by A. Pomerans. London: Penguin Books, 1996.
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