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Wed 05 May 2009New book claims Van Gogh's ear cut off by Gauguin in fight outside brothel
VINCENT VAN Gogh may not have cut off his own ear in a fit of drunken madness, but lost it in a fight with his friend Paul Gauguin, according to new research.
In the traditional story, the disturbed Dutch painter severed his left ear with a razor blade after a furious row with Gauguin over a prostitute called Rachel and the nature of art.
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