by Jon Lackman | 6 January 2010 | Modern
Speculation boileth over concerning who sliced van Gogh’s ear and why. Most recently: a book from Hans Kaufmann and Rita Wildegans, a lengthy article by Adam Gopnik in The New Yorker, and a new hypothesis out now from Martin Bailey.
According to published accounts, Bailey “devised his theory after meticulous detective work” and Kaufmann and Wildegans “spent 10 years reviewing the police investigations, witness accounts and the artists’ letters.” All this … for what? “The mystery behind the most famous mutilation in art history may finally have been solved.” Or maybe not.
