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The Letters of a Post-Impressionist (Paperback)
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The Letters of a Post-Impressionist (Paperback)
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Loot Price R158
Discovery Miles 1 580
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THOUGH the collection of letters contained in Cassirer's
publication, "Vincent Van Gogh. Briefe," is not a complete one,
from my knowledge of a very large number of the letters which are
not included in this volume, I feel able to say that the present
selection is in any case very representative and contains all that
is essential in respect to Van Gogh''s art-credo and general
attitude of mind. For reasons into which it is unnecessary for me
to enter here, it was found convenient to adopt the form of
Cassirer's publication arranged by Margarete Mauthner, and my
translation has therefore been made from the German (Fourth
Edition, 1911). Still, with the view of avoiding the errors which
were bound to creep into a double translation of this sort, I took
care, when my version was complete, to compare it with as many of
the original French letters as I was able to find, and I am glad to
say that by this means I succeeded in satisfying myself as to the
accuracy of every line from page 39 to the end. The letters printed
up to page 38, some of which I fancy must have been written in
Dutch-a language which in any case I could not have read-have not
been compared with the originals. But, seeing that the general
quality of the German translation of the letters after page 39 was
so good that I was able to discover only the small handful of
inaccuracies referred to in the appendix, I think the reader may
rest assured that the matter covering pages 1 to 38 is sufficiently
trustworthy for all ordinary purposes.
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