Dear Darlene,

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This is an original reproduction print of a Van Gogh Cottage series (1853 - 1890), Nuenen, May 1885.

The old cottage beneath the red evening sky presents an idyllic picture of rural life. Van Gogh called these humble farmhouses 'people's nests'. He felt they had a sheltering quality. This cottage contains two houses with two front doors and a shared chimney. That type of dwelling was then on the brink of disappearing. 'The thing struck me greatly; those two cottages, half decayed under one and the same thatched roof, reminded me of a couple of worn-out old folk who make up just one single being and whom one sees supporting each other,' he wrote.

Good condition. These type of items are offered and sold at auctions very regularly.