Tentoonstelling der Nagelaten Werken van Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam

Cover designed by: Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst

1892

Catalogue with lithograph cover, oblong 8vo, six sheets

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This 1892 Amsterdam catalogue cover, designed by Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst, memorializes Vincent van Gogh by personifying him as a wilting sunflower turned away from the sun, symbolizing his untimely death. This catalogue was issued in Amsterdam in 1892 as a memorial for van Gogh who died two years earlier, the sunflower being van Gogh's favorite subject. In this lithographed cover Roland Holst depicts his view on the artist Vincent van Gogh, personifying him as a sunflower. Turned away from the setting sun, the wilting flower symbolises the untimely death of Van Gogh, the halo referring to the artist's saintly status. Credit line: William Francis Warden Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, Harriet Otis Cruft Fund, William E. Nickerson Fund Accession number: 2011.312 NOT