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The Potato Peeler (recto: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat), 1885
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
Oil on canvas; 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967 (67.187.70b)

This painting of February–March 1885, with its restricted palette of dark tones, coarse fracture, and blocky drawing, is typical of the kind of works van Gogh painted in Nuenen, the year before he left Holland for France. Van Gogh's peasant studies of 1885 culminated in his first important painting, The Potato Eaters (Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam).

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    The Potato Peeler (recto: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat), 1885
    Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
    Oil on canvas; 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
    Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876–1967), 1967 (67.187.70b)