Only eleven self-portraits (including Shiloh) are known to exist at present; Self-Portrait [Nude Torso], 1941, Self-Portrait, 1923 (charcoal on paper), and Self-Portrait in Homburg Hat, 1947, are known from photographs; a self-portrait (La Grippe), painted in 1916 while ill, burned up in a fire; a self-portrait 20 × 16 inches is known only from a journal entry of 19 September 1943; another is noted in his journal as having been scraped off to reuse the canvas for a painting of a beach house, which he painted out after two days in favor of the architectural fantasy that eventually became Ruin at Daphne.
Eleven self-portraits are known to exist currently, including "Self-Portrait [Nude Torso]," 1941, and "Self-Portrait," 1923 (charcoal on paper), documented through photographs; a self-portrait from 1916, titled "La Grippe," was destroyed by fire. Another self-portrait, measuring 20 x 16 inches, is only known from a journal entry of September 19, 1943. A third self-portrait was removed from its frame to reuse the canvas for a painting of a beach house, which he abandoned after two days in favor of an architectural fantasy that became "Ruin at Daphne."