"The main side of the double-sided sheet depicts two groups of female pea pickers, bending over in a field. Pickers of Peas was drawn in Auvers-sur-Oise, just north of Paris, where Van Gogh lived from May 1890 until his death that year on 29 July."
"The Pickers of Peas drawing has six colour notations inscribed by Van Gogh, ranging from 'vert bleu' (green blue) to 'jaune' (yellow). On the landscape, which is on the reverse of the pea pickers, there is a single word, 'violet'."
"No such paintings survive. Van Gogh may never have started working on the compositions or he may have abandoned them. It is also just possible that he completed them."
Two previously unknown Van Gogh sketches from 1890 have surfaced and will be auctioned by Christie's in Paris. The double-sided sheet features 'Pickers of Peas' and a landscape sketch. The drawings were only exhibited once in 1959 and were not included in major catalogues. The Van Gogh Museum has confirmed their authenticity. The main sketch depicts female pea pickers in Auvers-sur-Oise, while the reverse shows a landscape with trees. Color notations indicate Van Gogh's intention to use them for oil paintings, though no such paintings are known to exist.
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