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PicassoAndMe 畢加索和我This isthe50thanniversaryofthedayIcrossedpathswith PabloPicasso.Itcameaboutin astrangeway.Ihadwrittenacolumnshowing howabsurdsomeofmymailhadbecome.Oneletter wasfromPhiladelphia.ItwaswrittenbyaTempleUniversitystudentnamedHarveyBrodsky. HarveysaidhewasinlovewithagirlnamedGloriaSegall, andhehopedtomarryhersomeday.SheclaimedtobethegreatestlivingfanofPicasso.ThecouplewenttoaPicassoexhibitand,toimpressher,HarveytoldGloriathathecouldprobablygettheartist'sautograph.Harvey's letter continued,"Sincethat incident,Gloria andIhavestoppedseeingeachother. Ididastupidthingandshethrewmeoutandtoldmesheneverwantedtoseemeagain."I'mwritingtoyoubecauseI'mnotgivinguponGloriaCouldyougetPicasso's autographforme^Ifyoucould,IhaveafeelingGloriaandIcouldgetbacktogether.Thefuturesoftwoyoungpeopledependonit.IknowsheismiserablewithoutmeandIwithouther.Everythingdepends onyou."Attheendoftheletter,hesaid,"I,HarveyBrodsky, dosolemnlyswearthatanyitemreceivedbymefromArt Buchwald(namely,PabloPicasso'sautograph)willnever besoldorgiventoanyoneexceptMissGloriaSegall."I printed theletter in mycolumntoshowhow ridiculous mymailwas.When it appeared,DavidDuncan, aphotographer,waswithPicassoinCannesandDuncantranslateditforPicasso.Picasso wasvery moved, andhe tookout hiscrayons anddrew abeautifulcolorsketch forGloria Segalland signedit.Duncancalledandtoldmethegoodnews.DuncancalledTOC\o"1-5"\h\zIsaid,"TheheckwithGloriaSegall,whatabout me^David explained thistoPicassoandin crayons hedrewapictureofthetwoofustogether, holding aglassof wine, andwroteonthetop,"PourArtBuchwald."Bythis time,theAssociated Presshad picked upthe storyand followedthroughon thedelivery ofthepicture toGloriaSegall.WhenitarrivedspecialdeliveryinPhi

ladelphia,Gloriatookonelookandsaid,"HarveyandIwillalwaysbegoodfriends."Ifyou're(wonderinghowthestoryends, Harveymarriedsomebodyelse,andsc)didGloria.ThePicassohangsinGloria'sliving room.Itwasastorythatcaughttheimagination ofpeopleallovertheworld.Ireceivedlotsofletters afterthecolumnwaspublished.MyfavoritecamefromanartdealerinNewYork, whowrote:"IcanfindyouasmanyunhappycouplesinNewYorkCityasyoucangetPicassosketches.Twogirls Iknowareonthevergeofsuicide iftheydon'thearfromPicasso,andIknowseveralcouplesinGreenwichVillage whoareintheinitialstagesofdivorce. Pleasewiremehowmanyyouneed.Webothstandtomakeafortune."Anotherletter,fromBudGrossmaninLondon,said,"MywifethreatenstoleavemeuniessIcangetherKhrushchev'sautograph.Shewouldlikeit signed onaRussiansablecoat."今天是我和帕勃洛？畢加索相遇的50周年紀念日。這件事發(fā)生得很是離奇。在那以前，我寫過一篇專欄文章，讓大家瞧瞧我收到的一些郵件有多荒唐。有一封寄自費城的信，是坦普爾大學(xué)一位名叫哈維？布洛德斯基的學(xué)生寫的。哈維說他與一位叫格洛里亞？西格爾的姑娘墜入了愛河 ，希望有朝一日能娶她為妻。這位姑娘聲稱自己是活著的頭號畢加索迷。這一對兒去參觀了畢加索的一個畫展，為了打動她，哈維告訴格洛里亞他很有可能弄到畫家的簽名。哈維的信繼續(xù)往下寫：“自從那件事后，格洛里亞不再和我見面。我干了件蠢事,她就甩了我，并告訴我她再也不想見我?！拔覍懶沤o你是因為我不想放棄格洛里亞。你能給我弄到畢加索的簽名嗎？要是弄得到的話，我覺得格洛里亞和我還能再走到一塊。兩個年輕人的未來就取決于這個簽名了。我知道，她沒有了我很痛苦，我呢，沒有了她心里不好受。一切都靠你的了?！痹谛诺慕Y(jié)尾，他寫道：“我，哈維？布洛德斯基，莊嚴宣誓:任何阿爾特？布赫瓦爾德寄給我的東西（即畢加索的簽名），我決不會賣掉或送給除了格洛里亞？西格爾以外的任何人?！蔽野堰@封信刊載在我的專欄里，讓大家瞧瞧我收到的郵件有多可笑。信登出來時，攝影師戴維？鄧肯正在戛納和畢加索在一起，鄧肯就把這封信翻譯給畢加索聽。畢加索很感動，他拿出有色粉筆，為格洛里亞？西格爾畫了幅彩色速寫并簽上了名。鄧肯打電話告訴我這個好消息。我說：“見格洛里亞？西格爾個鬼，有我的份嗎？”戴維把我的話向畢加索做了說明，他便用有色粉筆畫了幅我們倆在一起手舉酒杯的畫，并在畫的上方寫道：“為阿爾特？布赫瓦爾德斟酒?！边@個時候，美聯(lián)社已嗅得了這個故事，并且一路追蹤到將畫交給格洛里亞？西格爾這一步。當畫以郵件快遞的方式到達費城時 ，格洛里亞看了一眼說：“哈維和我將永遠是好朋友?！币悄阆胫肋@個故事的結(jié)局，我可以告訴你。哈維娶了別人，格洛里亞也嫁了他人。畢加索的畫現(xiàn)掛在格洛里亞家的起居室里。這個故事引發(fā)了世界各地人們的想象力。專欄文章發(fā)表后 ，我收到了許多信。我最喜歡的一封信來自紐約的一位畫商，他這樣寫道:“你弄得到多少畢加索的畫，我就能給你找到多少對不幸的人兒。有兩個我認識的姑娘要是得不到畢加索的回音幾乎就要自殺了。我還認識格林威治村幾對正處于離婚初級階段的夫妻。 請打電報告訴我