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Vincent van Gogh

pen and ink drawing of farm with tractor and field

Vincent van Gogh (1853–90)
A Tile Factory
1888
Pen and brown ink over graphite
Samuel Courtauld Trust: Courtauld Bequest, 1948

Van Gogh made this drawing of a tile factory at the edge of a plowed field during his sojourn in Arles in 1888. Using reed pens of varying thickness, he rendered the scene with a wide range of marks similar to those used in his paintings, from short flecks suggesting leaves or stubble in the foreground to thinner lines denoting the factory roof. A grid, drawn in pencil, is faintly visible underneath the ink and probably was used by the artist to establish the perspective.

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