Van Gogh "Self-portrait With Straw Hat"

From: Denver Art Museum Limited Edition: 47 Exhibition: Becoming van Gogh Material: Printed 2-ply vinyl Dimensions: 30" x 89" (76cm x 226cm) Hanging Hardware Included Summary The Denver Art Museum (DAM) owns no van Goghs! So how did Timothy Standring, curator of painting and sculpture, manage to assemble 70 of the artist's works for its exhibition, Becoming Van Gogh. It took seven years of planning, 100,000 miles of air travel, 427 letters, 3,500 email messages, countless Skype and cellphone calls, and about $3 million. Standring said, "You have to be prosecutor, defense attorney, psychologist, sociologist and diplomat to do this kind of show." The exhibition examined the 10 year career of van Gogh--from struggling neophyte to master craftsman--that ended abruptly with his death at age 37. Self-portrait With Straw Hat (1887), which appears on the banner used to promote Becoming van Gogh, was one of seven works lent by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Description Getting someone to