GOGH, Vincent van
(b. 1853, Groot Zundert, d. 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise)

Orchard

Autumn 1883, Drenthe
Pen and brown ink over black chalk, white body colour, 254 x 317 mm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Catalogue numbers: F 902a, JH 10.

The most characteristic motif of this simple composition is the tree with immense foliage closing the right side which is supported by a trellis. The dating of autumn 1883 is not universally accepted, some scholars date it to the spring of 1881.