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Stooks and a Mill — History & Facts

A row of stooks dominates the foreground, their bundled forms casting long, energetic shadows across the field, while a mill stands on the left, its sails barely visible through the haze of chalk marks. A flock of birds circles above the stooks, animating the sky and drawing the viewer’s eye along the diagonal sweep of the landscape. Van Gogh made this drawing in 1885, focusing on the rural subject of harvested fields and agricultural labor.

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