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OCR: Letters: Correspandence mainly betweer Vincent and Theo van Gogh which stretches frorn August 1872 ta July 1890 The letters began after Theo, then fifteen, visited nineteen -year-old Vincent, who was workingat The Hague. Following this visit the youths initiated an eight- een- vear exchange of written correspondence. Only 36 of Theo's letters to Vincent survive, but 661 Vincent's hand ane extant In addition, there are 136 letters that Vin- cent addressed to Van Gogh family members and friends. The early material tends to be brief and matter af fact and often consists f advice anc reading recommenda tions; the later letters frequently thousands words long and quite reflective from farmily