Gauguin's The Little Cat was discovered to be a fragment of a larger canvas, revealing a still life that included a pumpkin and several apples.
The bizarre discovery of a beetle embedded in the wet paint adds an intriguing historical footnote to the artwork's backstory, connecting it with Gauguin's time in Arles.
The research uncovered that both Gauguin's work and Van Gogh's Portrait of Gauguin were created on jute sacking from a shared 20-meter length bought in Arles.
Art experts believe that Gauguin deliberately cut down the original painting, likely destroying much of it, and the remaining part is a unique artistic fragment.
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