Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
Maker
(artists)
1853-1890
1853-1890
Title
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear
Date of Production
1889
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Height: 60.5 cm (canvas)
Width: 50 cm (canvas)
Width: 50 cm (canvas)
Accession Number
P.1948.SC.175
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
Paul Gauguin joined Van Gogh in Arles in November 1888, in order to paint together in what Van Gogh called the ‘studio of the south’, but they quickly started to quarrel. After an argument on 23 December, Van Gogh mutilated his right ear. He was admitted to hospital, and Gauguin returned to Paris.
This self-portrait was one of the first works Van Gogh painted after this incident. He seems to have thought that the act of painting would help him recover his mental equilibrium.
Van Gogh wears rough outdoor clothing. Behind him are an easel with a scarcely worked painting, and a print he owned by the Japanese artist Sato Torakiyo (dating from the 1870s). The picture could be a defiant statement of his determination to continue painting
This self-portrait was one of the first works Van Gogh painted after this incident. He seems to have thought that the act of painting would help him recover his mental equilibrium.
Van Gogh wears rough outdoor clothing. Behind him are an easel with a scarcely worked painting, and a print he owned by the Japanese artist Sato Torakiyo (dating from the 1870s). The picture could be a defiant statement of his determination to continue painting
Provenance
Père Tanguy, Paris; Comte A de La Rochefoucauld, Paris; Paul Rosenberg, Paris; purchased by Samuel Courtauld, October 1928; Samuel Courtauld Bequest 1948.
Exhibition History
Van Gogh's Self-Portraits, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 03/02/2022-08/05/2022
In the Picture: Portraying the artist, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 21/02/2020-30/08/2020
Part of general displays, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 01/08/2019-01/09/2020 ...More
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Part of general displays, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 25/06/2018-01/02/2019
Van Gogh and Japan, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 23/03/2018-24/06/2018
Portrait of the Artist as ..., The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2012-22/07/2012
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
National Gallery (to be displayed with permanent collection), National Gallery, London, 01/09/1997-01/06/1998
Van Gogh, Tate Gallery & London & England, 1947 ...Less
In the Picture: Portraying the artist, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 21/02/2020-30/08/2020
Part of general displays, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 01/08/2019-01/09/2020 ...More
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Part of general displays, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 25/06/2018-01/02/2019
Van Gogh and Japan, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 23/03/2018-24/06/2018
Portrait of the Artist as ..., The Courtauld Gallery, London, 26/06/2012-22/07/2012
Into the 20th century - New Displays at the Courtauld, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 10/10/2002
National Gallery (to be displayed with permanent collection), National Gallery, London, 01/09/1997-01/06/1998
Van Gogh, Tate Gallery & London & England, 1947 ...Less
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