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Japanese prints

Missing Japanese Prints from Van Gogh's Collection

Thankfully, the majority of the prints from Van Gogh’s collection were never separated. The Van Gogh Museum is home to no less than 512 of these prints. However, lots of prints – probably about 100 – did go missing.

Van Gogh swapped the prints with other artists with whom he was acquainted. For example, Emile Bernard wrote that he received ‘a good many’ in exchange for his own work. The brothers Theo and Vincent van Gogh also gave away numerous prints, to their sister Willemien, for example.

Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet, Paris
Courtauld Institute Galleries, London
Private collection

We know where in the world several of the prints owned by Van Gogh ended up – for example, in museums or with descendants of previous owners.

  • Discover these prints and find out where they are now

Van Gogh's print collection

Discover Van Gogh's Japanese prints in the Van Gogh Museum's collection