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Van Gogh painted about 26 self-portraits. Thomases has sculpted three of them in an effort to capture in 3-D, the character of the artist as he presented himself. VVG I is based upon one of the portraits with the bandage, winter hat and pipe. VVG III was inspired by the only painting that he is know to have sent home to his mother. His deep eyes and distorted brow project a pathos. This sculpture was displayed in The National Sculpture Society’s spring 2003 show, Portraits, Public and Private.
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