Issued in connection with an exhibition held July 1-Sept. 18, 2005, at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, and Oct. 12-Dec. 31, 2005, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-369) and indexes.

Out of line : how van Gogh made his mark / Colta Ives -- The paper trail : from portfolios to posterity / Susan Alyson Stein -- Metamorphoses : van Goghs drawings then and now / Sjraar van Heugten -- The Dutch years, 1880-85 / Sjraar van Heugten -- Antwerp and Paris, 1885-88 : the academy and the avant-garde / Sjraar van Heugten -- Arles, 1888-89 : the synthesis / Susan Alyson Stein. First encounters / Susan Alyson Stein ; A visit to the sea / Colta Ives ; Summer harvest / Colta Ives ; Figure and portrait drawings / Susan Alyson Stein ; The heights of Montmajour / Colta Ives ; Gardens, parks, and byways / Colta Ives ; Reṕet́itions : drawings after paintings / Susan Alyson Stein ; Drawing to a close / Susan Alyson Stein -- Saint Reḿy, 1889-90 : taking asylum / Marije Vellekoop -- Auvers, 1890 : return to the north / Marije Vellekoop -- Infrared reflectography : the drawings under the drawings -- Technical studies : observations on the drawing materials used by van Gogh in Provence / Marjorie Shelley -- Appendixes : Summaries of scientific analyses of drawing materials / Silvia A. Centeno.