Printed to order

Basket of Potatoes by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh, 1885

$100.00

Item no. PDVGW070-00

Order within 31d 08h 34m 42s to have it by ChristmasOrder by Mon, Nov 30, 11:59 PM ET

A woven basket heaped with potatoes on a dark table: Van Gogh’s Basket of Potatoes, from Nuenen, on canvas, framed, or on paper.

Format

Stretched canvasfrom $100 Framed canvasfrom $140 Framed printfrom $130 Fine art printfrom $80

Size

Which size fits your wall

Every size keeps the painting's own proportions. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.

16 × 12 in 41 × 30 cm

Three-seat sofa, 84 in wide × 34 in tall (213 × 86 cm)

Size	Metric	Where it works
16 × 12 in	41 × 30 cm	Plays well with others: the middle of a gallery wall, a pair side by side, or a hallway on its own.
20 × 16 in	51 × 41 cm	Plays well with others: the middle of a gallery wall, a pair side by side, or a hallway on its own.
24 × 18 in	61 × 46 cm	Holds a wall on its own above a dresser, console or sideboard. Above a bed or a sofa, hang two side by side.
30 × 24 in	76 × 61 cm	Holds a wall on its own above a dresser, console or sideboard. Above a bed or a sofa, hang two side by side.

Rule of thumb: choose art about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it.

16 × 12 in41 × 30 cm 20 × 16 in51 × 41 cm 24 × 18 in61 × 46 cm 30 × 24 in76 × 61 cm

Frame

Black White Natural wood Dark wood

Make it a gift

Gift note

We write it on a card and tuck it in behind the painting. The price never appears in the box.

0 / 256

Subtotal $100.00

Printed to order in 1–3 business days
Free US shipping, tracked, 5–12 business days
30-day returns and exchanges
Damage cover included: we remake and reship

Secure payment

Questions about sizes or framing? Ask us

This still life is all browns, siennas and ochres, and a heavy copy turns it to mud. Our Van Gogh basket of potatoes print was graded beside the original so every brown stays distinct and the potatoes keep their shape.

Canvas, framed or paper

Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.

Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.

Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.

Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.

Sizes

16x12 inch, 20x16 inch, 24x18 inch, 30x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.

On your wall

Its landscape shape suits a kitchen, a dining room or a farmhouse hallway. The browns and ochres look warm with cream, rust and walnut, and a dark wood frame suits it.

About the painting

Basket of Potatoes by Vincent van Gogh

Nuenen, autumn 1885

In the autumn of 1885 Vincent van Gogh was in his last months in Nuenen, the Dutch village where he had painted The Potato Eaters that spring. Now he painted the potatoes themselves, in a series of still lifes.

Studies in brown

There were three, he wrote: “one is a study in sienna, the other in burnt sienna, the other in yellow ochre and red ochre.” Theo saw in them “a variation on the brown-grey theme — that’s very definitely the case.”

Colour in brown

“This gives me immense pleasure,” he wrote, “that either by direct or by indirect personal feeling you notice a colour combination.” Within months he would be in Paris, painting in colour. It belongs to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

Listen to the story

0:00 / 1:18

Read the story

In the year of The Potato Eaters, Vincent van Gogh painted the potatoes themselves.

It's the autumn of 1885, in Nuenen, the Dutch village where his family lives. In the spring he painted The Potato Eaters, a peasant family at their supper.

Now, in his last months in Holland, he paints still lifes of potatoes in a basket.

There are three of them, he writes to his brother Theo, and each is a study in a different brown. One is a study in sienna, another in burnt sienna, and the other in yellow ochre and red ochre.

Theo writes back that they look like a variation on a brown-grey theme. Vincent agrees. That's very definitely the case, he says.

And he's delighted that Theo noticed. This gives me immense pleasure, he writes, that you notice a colour combination.

A few months later he moves to Paris, and his palette explodes into colour.

Today this painting belongs to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

Look at all those browns in a simple basket of potatoes, and see a painter teaching himself colour.

Basket of Potatoes. Vincent van Gogh, 1885.

Self-Portrait, 1887. Art Institute of Chicago.

The artist

Vincent van Gogh

1853–1890 · Post-Impressionism

Dutch painter who came to art late, in his late twenties, and made most of the work we know in the last few years of his life, much of it in Arles in the south of France. He used colour to carry feeling, and explained it in hundreds of letters, most of them to his brother Theo.

More by Vincent van Gogh

The original

Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
Date: 1885
Medium: Oil on canvas
Where it hangs today: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (the museum’s page, opens in a new tab)
Originals: One painting
Original size: 45 × 60.5 cm

Graded against the original: true to the artist’s colours, brought back to life for your wall.

How each piece is brought to life

Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.

Graded against the original

We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you

Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall

It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.

Questions

Is this the original painting?

No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.

Will the colour look flat?

This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.

Will the edges be cropped?

Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.

Which size is right for my wall?

Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.

How long does it take?

Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.

What if it arrives damaged?

Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.

Can I return it?

Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.