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In perfect harmony : picture + frame, 1850-1920

Eva A. Mendgen (Author), Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh (Host institution), Kunstforum Wien (Host institution)
According to Vincent van Gogh, a painting was not really finished until it was framed; unmounted it was still 'in the raw'. He and many of his contemporaries regarded picture and frame as an aesthetic whole and chose or designed their own frames

Print Book, English, 1995
Van Gogh Museum ; Waanders Uitgevers, Amsterdam, Zwolle, 1995