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Vincent van Gogh
The Postman Joseph Roulin1888

Not on view
Drawing in brown ink with tan wash on cream paper, full-figure portrait of a bearded seated man wearing a flat postal cap lettered 'POSTES,' rendered in bold hatching strokes

Vincent van Gogh, The Postman Joseph Roulin, 1888, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, George Gard De Sylva Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Vincent van Gogh
Holland, Zundert, 1853-1890
Title
The Postman Joseph Roulin
Place Made
France, Arles
Date Made
1888
Medium
Ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 20 1/4 × 16 5/8 in. (51.44 × 42.23 cm) Frame: 31 1/8 × 26 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (79.06 × 67.63 × 4.45 cm)
Credit Line
George Gard De Sylva Collection
Accession Number
M.49.17.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Valentiner, William Reinhold. The Mr. and Mrs. George Gard De Sylva Collection of French Impressionist and Modern Paintings and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1950.
  • Jirat-Wasiutynski, Vojtech. "Vincent van Gogh's Roulin: Radical Republican and Socratic Type." Dear Print Fan: A Festschrift for Marjorie B. Cohn: 169 (2001).
  • Dorn, Roland; Keyes, George; Soth, Lauren; Rishel, Joseph; Sund, Judy; and Shackleford, George. Van Gogh: Face to Face. Detroit, MI: The Detroit Institute of Arts, 2000.
  • Seldis, Henry J. "West Coast Milestone." Art in America 53, no.2 (1965): 92-109.
  • Loucheim, Aline B. "Buddy de Sylva: Gift to Hollywood." ARTnews 45, no.7 (1946): 28-33, 53.

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