When you look at Van Gogh’s painting The Yellow House you might well wonder what is going on with those big heaps of sand. You can see them in the lower left corner on the edge of Place Lamartine – the square in front of the Yellow House – and also running up Avenue de Montmajour towards the railway viaduct in the background.
Fig. 2: The Yellow House and Avenue Montmajour, c. 1905. Picture postcard, private collection
Fig. 3: Auvers-sur-Oise – La rue de la Gare, c. 1905. Picture postcard, private collection
Fig. 4: Detail of the edge of the street