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Self Portraits by Austin Osman Spare (1886 – 1956) English artist and occultist, including a 1948 reproduction titled ‘Self as Hitler’ - the original 1936 version having been gifted to Hitler and lost in Germany around 1941

The story told:

“In 1936 an official at the German Embassy in London bought a self-portrait by Spare because it bore a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler. The Fuhrer saw it and agreed and proceeded to invite Spare to Berlin to paint his portrait. Spare refused saying - 'When I look at you...whether the retch out all kinship or close my eyes and so accept a more abstract value, a reverse side - I know not? Only from negations can I wholesomely conceive you…for I know no courage sufficient to stomach your aspirations and ultimates. If you are superman - let me be forever animal....'”

The inscription was included at the top of the 1948 reproduction …

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