Van Gogh Hunt Is On

The hunt is on for a Japanese print from Van Gogh's own collection which the artist reproduced in the background of his painting 'Self-portrait with bandaged ear', now at the Courtauld Institute Gallery, London. Vincent's copy of the print Geishas in a landscape was also in the Courtauld Collection, but was stolen in 1981. The theft was never announced. The print published by Sato Torakiyo has little intrinsic value, but the copy stolen from the Courtauld may well be languishing in a collection, its link with the artist unrecognised. For the full story - click the title Irish Art