The Kröller-Müller Museum had two Van Gogh drawings on view, these are early drawings while he was still learning. These drawings pre-date the Potato Eaters by three years, but you can certainly see the mark that comes into fruition in his later ink drawings in the tree trunk here.
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| Van Gogh, Bexuidenhout (The Hague), September 1882 |
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| detail, The Hague |
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| Van Gogh, People Strolling on the Beach, 1882 |