Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Paul Gauguin), 1888, oil on canvas, Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
I have a portrait of myself, all ash-colored…..But exaggerating my personality. Also. I looked more for the character of a bonze, a simple worshipper of the eternal Buddha.
Excerpt from letter by Van Gogh, 10/3/1888 to Paul Gauguin
