Vincent van Gogh - Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette Cutting Board Shape:Rectangle The clean geometry and flat

The clean geometry and flat color fields evoke mid-century modernism

creating a tropical mood that feels both lush and deliberately stylized

meditative quality of the scene

A loose botanical arrangement of green leaves and delicate stems unfolds across a soft white ground

Vincent van Gogh - Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette Cutting Board Shape:Rectangle The clean geometry and flatA pale skull with a lit cigarette dangling from its teeth dominates this composition, rendered in cream and tan tones against a deep black background. Skeletal bones and fabric are loosely arranged below the skull in an arrangement that feels both casual and haunting, painted with expressive, visible brushwork that gives the memento mori subject an almost intimate quality. Crafted from bamboo and made to order, with a drilled hole so it hangs on the