Hi, Friday, January 3, 2003, 10:21:55 PM, you wrote:
> Bob, > If you ever get the chance to visit the Art Institute of Chicago, it has a > large collection of Van Goghs. The advice above truly applies. me and Vince are old mates. We have a few of his here in London. Of particular interest to me (having at separate times had both ears sliced off! - and reattached, I hasten to add) are his self portraits with bandaged ear. Last year when I had an operation on my left ear I had a t-shirt printed with one of those paintings, so I could wear it in the ward the following morning while my own ear was similarly wrapped. I thought my co-patients on the ENT ward might be amused, by all I got was baleful stares <g>. Luckily I couldn't hear what any of them were saying... After the first operation on my right ear, after the bandages were taken off but while the dried blood, stitches and half-shaved head were still evident, I made a point of visiting the Courtauld to look at the Van Gogh. Caused a certain amount of discomfort among the other visitors, I can tell you! --- Bob
