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Sending to Theo

Name: Sending to Theo
Start: 1889-09-28
Location: Paris

When: 28 September 1889
Where: Paris
Part of: Event of 1889: Vincent van Gogh paints The Starry Night at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.

Van Gogh sent The Starry Night to Theo in Paris on 28 September 1889.

After having initially held it back, Van Gogh sent The Starry Night to Theo in Paris on 28 September 1889, along with nine or ten other paintings. He referred to it as a 'night study' in a list of paintings.

Sources

The Starry Night Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06

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