Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear

What you see

Shown from the chest up and turned to the right, the painter looks serious. He wears a black fur cap with a blue crown and a buttoned green coat. A white bandage covers his ear and runs under his chin. Behind him are an easel, the print on the yellow wall and, on the right, the blue frame of a window or door.

The colors work through contrast: green coat against yellow wall, black cap against white bandage. The coat is built from short, parallel strokes, the face from patches of yellow, orange and green. Take a close look at the print, where you can make out a snowy mountain, figures in kimonos and a white bird.