Vincent van Gogh : paintings, watercolors and drawings

This volume was published in 1961 by the Gallery of Modern Art in New York to accompany an exhibition of the artist’s work. At the time, the gallery—then housed in the Huntington Hartford building—sought to bring focused, scholarly attention to major modern figures, and this publication served as a comprehensive record of the pieces selected for display. It reflects the post-war trend of institutional retrospectives that aimed to make Van Gogh's intense, emotive body of work more accessible to the public through high-quality print reproduction.

The book functions as an overview of Van Gogh’s technical breadth, moving beyond his most famous oils to include his often-overlooked watercolors and drawings. The design focuses on the dialogue between these media, intending to show the rigorous draftsmanship that underpinned his expressive use of color. While the curatorial team behind the exhibition prioritized a balanced survey of his career, the publication is remembered primarily as a dignified example of mid-century art documentation that helped solidify the artist's stature within the burgeoning American museum culture of the early 1960s.