Brief 233 van 902 (26%)

vg-233

Een korte blik op Vincents wereld in The Hague met Theo van Gogh .

"My dear brother, To day or tomorrow / being the 1 st of June / I promised to pay my landlord f _ 5. rent of studio for the month of April + f _ 7.50 for last month – makes f _ 12.50. But not having up to now received any letter of yours since that of May 12 th I have nothing to pay him his twelve guilders & 50 c with _ The man will surely not give me any…"

Personen:
Theo van Gogh
Plaatsen:
The Hague
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let233

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  • Source XML: let233.xml
  • Title: To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 30 May 1882.
  • Generated: 2026-01-16T18:45:25Z

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My dear brother, To day or tomorrow / being the 1 st of June / I promised to pay my landlord f _ 5. rent of studio for the month of April + f _ 7.50 for last month – makes f _ 12.50. But not having up to now received any letter of yours since that of May 12 th I have nothing to pay him his twelve guilders & 50 c with _ The man will surely not give me any longer delay but they can immediately sell my furniture publicly. Whatever may be your opinion concerning the things I told you – do not let it come to this scandal. My drawings for C.M. are ready but I shall not be able to get that money early enough. I say again – let us at all events avoid irregularity & public scandal and talk or write calmly on the subject till we know what ought to be done. Therefore I hope you will sent me what I so greatly want / & write. I work day & night & have a small drawing ready for you which I will send bye & bye. I have no more money for a stamp, excuse the postcard, & believe me Yours truly Vincent My dear brother, Today or tomorrow, being the 1st of June, I promised to pay my landlord 5 guilders rent of studio for the month of April + 7.50 guilders for last month — makes 12.50 guilders. But not having up to now received any letter of yours since that of May 12th I have nothing to pay him his twelve guilders and 50 c with. The man will surely not give me any longer delay but they can immediately sell my furniture publicly. Whatever may be your opinion concerning the things I told you — do not let it come to this scandal. My drawings for C.M. are ready but I shan’t be able to get that money early enough. I say again — let us at all events avoid irregularity and public scandal and talk or write calmly on the subject till we know what ought to be done. So I hope you’ll send me what I so greatly want, and write. I work day and night and have a small drawing ready for you which I’ll send bye and bye. I have no more money for a stamp, excuse the postcard, and believe me Yours truly, Vincent But earlier, immediately after receiving it, Van Gogh referred to a letter of 13 May ( letter 227 ). Read: ‘send’. Whether by ‘small drawing’ here Van Gogh was referring to the dimensions is uncertain. A small drawing of a fish-drying barn is not known, but a few days later he sent Theo Fish-drying Barn ( F 940 / JH 154 ), which measures 28.5 x 45 cm; see letter 235 and 237 . In the latter he also talks about ‘little drawings’ in connection with this drawing. Read: ‘by and by’.

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  "number": 233,
  "date": "1882-05-30",
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