{"product_id":"14826-van-gogh-vincent-gachet-paul-van-ryssel-paul-vincent-van-gogh-on-his-deathbed-original-etching-inscribed-to-the-artist-s-son","title":"[Van Gogh, Vincent. (1853–1890)] Gachet, Paul. [van Ryssel, Paul] (1828–1909) Vincent Van Gogh on his Deathbed - ORIGINAL ETCHING INSCRIBED TO THE ARTIST'S SON","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eOriginal 1890 drypoint etching showing the great painter on his deathbed, by the French physician and doctor known for treating van Gogh during the last weeks of his life. Cream wove paper, signed and titled in ink on the reverse, signed with initials 'P.R.' in the plate, inscribed in the plate, also with the artist's initial stamp to recto and verso, and signed inscription to the artist's son \"Pour Paul\" in the lower border. 6 5\/8 in x 4 3\/4 inches. Framed. From the collection of the artist's son, Paul-Louis Gachet (1873-1962). \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eOf the greatest rarity, this print was published in a small edition. We know of only three other impressions of the final state having appeared on the market in the last 25 years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_1785445316\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003e16th May\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, van Gogh admitted himself to the hospital in Arles, seeking help from Dr. Gachet. On \u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_1785445317\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003e27th July\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e van Gogh shot himself in the head with a revolver. While still suffering from the emotional shock of Vincent Van Gogh’s suicide, Dr. Gachet appears to have done a quick charcoal sketch of the artist on his deathbed. There are two known versions of that drawing: one that was dedicated to Vincent’s brother Theo, who immediately showed it to his mother, and is now at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and another one presented by Paul Gachet’s son to the French National Museums.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pain Dr. Gachet felt at the death of his beloved friend and patient is very visible, not only in the present image of Van Gogh on his deathbed but also, as Emile Bernard pointed out to Albert Aurier in a letter of 31 July 1890: “Dr. Gachet […] wanted to say a few words of homage about Vincent and his life, but he too was weeping so much that he could only stammer a very confused farewell...”. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs a collector Gachet would eventually amass more than one thousand prints and half that many paintings and drawings by both celebrated and unknown artists of the day. He also considered himself something of an artist. His house had a studio with a printing press and he became an enthusiastic engraver, partly as a consequence of his earlier contacts with Honoré Daumier and other contemporary printmakers, among them Charles Meryon, Rodolphe Bresdin, Charles Jacques and Félix Bracquemond. He signed his works “Paul van Ryssel”, using the Flemish name of Lille as a surname. In the summer of 1873 Paul Cézanne, Camille Pissarro and Jean-Baptiste Armand Guillaume all made prints in his studio. Gachet himself studied in 1872 and in September 1873 in the Paris studio of August Délatre, one of the foremost printers of the time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnly a few weeks earlier on the \u003cspan class=\"aBn\" data-term=\"goog_1785445321\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"aQJ\"\u003e15th June\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Van Gogh had produced an etching entitled The Portrait of Doctor Gachet: L’Homme a la Pipe; little did Dr. Gachet know that he was to assume the role of artist in the very near future.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBy producing an image of Van Gogh on his deathbed Dr. Gachet has provided us with the ultimate intimate portrait of the artist. It is an intense portrayal, heightened by the fact that we can clearly see Van Gogh’s left-side where he sliced off his own ear. It is a portrait which, even in death, shows us the scars of a tortured genius, who produced some of the most remarkable works of the late 19th century. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093563101343,"sku":"14826","price":18000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Vincent_Van_Gogh_on_his_Deathbed_14826a.jpg?v=1722188863","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/14826-van-gogh-vincent-gachet-paul-van-ryssel-paul-vincent-van-gogh-on-his-deathbed-original-etching-inscribed-to-the-artist-s-son","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}