On the cover: Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portraits (detail), 1887
Frontispiece: Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portraits, 1887
First published in the United Kingdom in 2021 as
Van Gogh: A Life in Letters
ISBN 978-0-500-09424-2
by Thames & Hudson Ltd, 181A High Holborn, London WC1V 7QX
and in the United States of America by
Thames & Hudson Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10110
Vincent van Gogh: A Life in Letters © 2020 Van Gogh Museum,
Amsterdam/Thames & Hudson Ltd, London
This publication is part of the Van Gogh Letters Project executed under the auspices of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and Huygens ING (a division of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences), Amsterdam. It is an abridged edition of Vincent van Gogh – The Letters. The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition, edited by Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten, Nienke Bakker © 2009 Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Huygens ING, Amsterdam; Thames & Hudson Ltd, London.
Translation of Van Gogh’s letters: Michael Hoyle (general editor)
Translations from the Dutch: Lynne Richards, John Rudge, Diane Webb
Translations from the French: Sue Dyson, Imogen Forster
Introduction and edited texts adapted from Ever Yours: The Essential Letters © 2014 Yale University Press.
Designed by Karolina Prymaka
This electronic version published in 2021 by
Thames & Hudson Ltd, 181A High Holborn, London WC1V 7QX
This electronic version published in 2021 in the United States of America by Thames & Hudson Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10110
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