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PicassoAndMe 毕加索和我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？毕加索相遇的50周年纪念日。这件事发生得很是离奇。在那以前，我写过一篇专栏文章，让大家瞧瞧我收到的一些邮件有多荒唐。有一封寄自费城的信，是坦普尔大学一位名叫哈维？布洛德斯基的学生写的。哈维说他与一位叫格洛里亚？西格尔的姑娘坠入了爱河 ，希望有朝一日能娶她为妻。这位姑娘声称自己是活着的头号毕加索迷。这一对儿去参观了毕加索的一个画展，为了打动她，哈维告诉格洛里亚他很有可能弄到画家的签名。哈维的信继续往下写：“自从那件事后，格洛里亚不再和我见面。我干了件蠢事,她就甩了我，并告诉我她再也不想见我。“我写信给你是因为我不想放弃格洛里亚。你能给我弄到毕加索的签名吗？要是弄得到的话，我觉得格洛里亚和我还能再走到一块。两个年轻人的未来就取决于这个签名了。我知道，她没有了我很痛苦，我呢，没有了她心里不好受。一切都靠你的了。”在信的结尾，他写道：“我，哈维？布洛德斯基，庄严宣誓:任何阿尔特？布赫瓦尔德寄给我的东西（即毕加索的签名），我决不会卖掉或送给除了格洛里亚？西格尔以外的任何人。”我把这封信刊载在我的专栏里，让大家瞧瞧我收到的邮件有多可笑。信登出来时，摄影师戴维？邓肯正在戛纳和毕加索在一起，邓肯就把这封信翻译给毕加索听。毕加索很感动，他拿出有色粉笔，为格洛里亚？西格尔画了幅彩色速写并签上了名。邓肯打电话告诉我这个好消息。我说：“见格洛里亚？西格尔个鬼，有我的份吗？”戴维把我的话向毕加索做了说明，他便用有色粉笔画了幅我们俩在一起手举酒杯的画，并在画的上方写道：“为阿尔特？布赫瓦尔德斟酒。”这个时候，美联社已嗅得了这个故事，并且一路追踪到将画交给格洛里亚？西格尔这一步。当画以邮件快递的方式到达费城时 ，格洛里亚看了一眼说：“哈维和我将永远是好朋友。”要是你想知道这个故事的结局，我可以告诉你。哈维娶了别人，格洛里亚也嫁了他人。毕加索的画现挂在格洛里亚家的起居室里。这个故事引发了世界各地人们的想象力。专栏文章发表后 ，我收到了许多信。我最喜欢的一封信来自纽约的一位画商，他这样写道:“你弄得到多少毕加索的画，我就能给你找到多少对不幸的人儿。有两个我认识的姑娘要是得不到毕加索的回音几乎就要自杀了。我还认识格林威治村几对正处于离婚初级阶段的夫妻。 请打电报告诉我