In may 1889, van gogh voluntarily committed himself to an asylum near the small town of saint-rémy in provence. His doctors soon gave him permission to paint on day excursions to surrounding fields. While walking through saint-rémy that november, he was impressed by the sight of men repairing a road beneath immense plane trees. "in spite of the cold," he wrote to his brother, "i have gone on working outside till now, and i think it is doing me good and the work too. " rushing to capture the yellowing leaves, he painted this composition on an unusual cloth with a pattern of small red diamonds visible in the picture's many unpainted areas. Object Type: painting. Date: 1889. Place of creation: Netherlands, 19th century. Dimensions: Framed: 104.5 x 124.5 x 7.6 cm (41 1/8 x 49 x 3 in.); Unframed: 73.4 x 91.8 cm (28 7/8 x 36 1/8 in.). Medium: oil on fabric. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy), by Vincent van Gogh, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1947.209
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