Vincent van Gogh · Summer 1887 · Asnières-sur-Seine
The Laundry Boat on the Seine, F311Reproduction of oil painting on canvas
Moored on the banks of the Seine, a long gray-green laundry boat occupies the center of the composition. Two fireplaces, red and white linen and a small boat animate this floating work installation.
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The Laundry Boat on the Seine, F311Vincent van Gogh · Summer 1887 · Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Summer 1887Dating
19 × 27 cmDimensions of the original
Oil on canvasOriginal technique
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, RichmondConservation
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Look at the work
A workplace on the Seine
The clear bank enters diagonally from the left and leads towards the hull. The large roof of the boat is reflected in water treated in blues, grays and greens.
Van Gogh reduces the activity to a few specific signs: silhouettes on the quay, colorful linen, fireplace and small canoe. The horizon remains low and lets the sky breathe.
Painted in Asnières during the summer of 1887, this small oil on canvas of approximately 19 × 27 cm is F311/JH1325. It is numbered 83.25 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
Composition, touch and color
Three observations specific to this painting
The canvas combines social observation and the search for light. The boat is an industrial facility, but its reflections, its green roof and the colored linen make it a very subtle pictorial motif.
01
The bank leads to the boat
Its clear diagonal opens the foreground and places the viewer at the towpath.
02
The roof becomes a large mass
Green gray, blue and cream build the volume without unnecessary architectural detail.
03
The reds punctuate the cold range
The linen and the little colorful marks awaken the whole dominated by the blue water and sky.
Documented benchmarks
Precisely identify the original work
The Van Gogh Museum identified this boat as a floating laundry operated by a couple named Lebreton, a type of facility once common on the Seine.
Function
A floating laundry
Laundry was washed directly by the river; these establishments used a lot of bleach and contributed to pollution.
Scale
A boat about forty meters
Van Gogh condenses this long structure on a very small canvas, without losing the readability of the volumes.
Collection
Paul Mellon, 83.25
The work is housed at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.
The copy must preserve the perspective of the bank, the gray-green of the boat, the soft reflections and the little red touches that bring the scene to life.
The large gray green roof
The diagonal bank
The two chimneys
Red and white linen
The reflections of the hull
Work sheet
Title
The Laundry Boat on the Seine, F311
Artist
Vincent van Gogh (1853 -1890)
Date
Summer 1887
Place of creation
Asnières-sur-Seine
Original technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
19 × 27 cm
Inventory
F311 · JH1325 · 83.25
Conservation
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
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In your interior
A discreet and modern river scene
The small horizontal format is suitable for a desk, hallway or wall composition. Blue gray, sea green and cream create a clear and peaceful atmosphere.
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