During research on a book about Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, writer Martin Bailey stumbled across a Parisian newspaper article, detailing the artist’s public severing of his left ear following a row with Gaugin. The article, which reported the artist merely as “someone named Vincent,” also details Van Gogh’s later arrival at a “house of ill repute,” where he presented the doorman with the piece of his ear. “Take it, it will be useful.” The artist told him.Read more at The Art Newspaper
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Writer Uncovers Article Reporting on Van Gogh’s Severed Ear
