Sprig of Almond Blossom in a Glass — Vincent van Gogh, 1888

When Van Gogh arrived in Arles in 1888 he marked the south's first thaw with a single branch in a glass. The study reads like a working note toward the larger Almond Blossom of 1890 — the same awareness of how a plain background changes the weight of flowering branches, the same tenderness for a simple thing. A quiet postcard for a desk or a correspondence collection. From the Vincent van Gogh collection.