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Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), 巴黎, 1887年2月-3月

纸上铅笔，钢笔，油画笔及墨水，粉笔, 38.7 cm x 52.5 cm
Credits: 凡高美术馆，阿姆斯特丹（文森特·凡高基金会）

This drawing is remarkably loose and spontaneous. It is easy to imagine Van Gogh sitting in the corner of an outdoor café in Paris, sketching the benches, the gnarled trees and the customers.

The somewhat gloomy atmosphere of the work comes from the brownish-yellow discolouration of the paper. At the edges, you can see that the paper was originally blue-grey. It must once have had a fresher appearance. Van Gogh made this drawing in pencil, pen and brush and ink. He used white chalk to add a few light accents in the sky.