Great Art, Fake Art... Who Knows?

The news about the recent acquisition by the Getty Museum of a rare
painting by Paul Gauguin came as a welcome surprise. Though this work
is known to specialists, it has rarely been seen, as its Swiss owner
was very reluctant to loan it out for exhibitions. Even in
reproduction, it is absolutely striking, not only because of the
beautifully preserved colors, but also because of the strangeness of
its subject. Painted by Gauguin during his first trip to Tahiti, it
shows what appears to be the severed head of a man placed on a white
pillow in the center of the composition...