Self-Portrait with Portrait of Emile Bernard Size:Collector | 42 x 52.5 in share the realistic eye of

share the realistic eye of Degas

The Black Circle is in a state of levitation

Jeanne Samary

a town near Paris

Self-Portrait with Portrait of Emile Bernard Size:Collector | 42 x 52.5 in share the realistic eye ofIt was Vincent Van Gogh who gave Gauguin the idea for this self portrait. Vincent wanted Gauguin, Emile Bernard and himself to take as an example the Japanese habit of painting themselves, and of possessing, in the form of exchanges, cross portraits of their friends. On the lower right hand side there is this surprising dedication: "Les misrables. To my friend Vincent " ("Les misrables. A mon ami Vincent" in French).