【雙語閱讀】PicassoAndMe畢加索和我

雙語閱讀雙語閱讀/6PicassoAndMe 畢加索和我Thisisthe50thanniversaryofthedayI crossedpathswith PabloPicasso. Itcameaboutinastrangeway. Ihadwritten acolumnshowinghowabsurdsomeofmymailhadbecome.OneletterwasfromPhiladelphia.Itwaswrittenby aTempleUniversitystudentnamedHarveyBrodsky.Harveysaidhewasinlovewithagirlnamed GloriaSegall,andhehopedtomarryhersomeday.SheclaimedtobethegreatestlivingfanofPicasso.ThecouplewenttoaPicassoexhibitand,to impress her,HarveytoldGloriathathecould probably gettheartist'sautograph.Harvey'slettercontinued,"Sincethatincident,GloriaandIhavestoppedseeing eachother.Ididastupid thingandshethrewmeoutandtoldmesheneverwantedtoseemeagain."I'mwritingtoyoubecauseI'mnotgivinguponGloriaCouldyougetPicasso's autographforme" IfyoucouldbacktogetheIhaveafeelingGloriaandIcouldgetr.Thefuturesoftwoyoungpeopledependonit.IknowsheismiserablewithoutmeandIwithouther.Everythingdependsonyou."Attheendoftheletter,hesaid,HarveyBrodsky,dosolemniyswearthatanyitemreceivedbymefromArtBuchwald (namely, PabloPicasso'sautograph)will neverbesoldorgiventoanyoneexceptMissGloriaSegall."I printed theletterinmycolumntoshowhowridiculousmymailwas.Whenitsmymailwas.Whenitappeared, DavidDuncan,aphotographer,waswithPicassoinCannesandDuncantranslatedit forPicasso.Picassowasverymoved,andhetookouthis crayons andPicassowasverydrewabeautifulcolorsketchforGloriaSegallandsignedit.Duncancalledandtoldmethegoodnews.Isaid,"TheheckwithGloriaSegall,whatabout me^DavidexplainedthistoPicassoandincrayonshedrewapictureofthetwoofustogether,holdingaglassofwine,andwroteonthetop,"PourArtBuchwald."Bythistime,theAssociatedPresshadpickedupthestHoryandfollowedthroughonthedeliveryofthepicturetoGloriaSegall.Whenitarrived special deliveryinPhiladeIphia,Gloriatookonelookandsaid,"HarveyandIwillalwaysbegoodfriends."Ifyou'reJwonderinghowthestoryends, Harveymarriedsomebodyelse,andsc)didGloria.ThePicassohangsinGloria'sliving room.Itwasastorythatcaughttheimagination ofpeopleallovertheworld.Ireceivedlotsofletters afterthecolumnwaspublished.Myfavoritecamefromanartdealer"IcanfindyouasmanyunhappycouplesinNewYorkCiinNewYork,whowrote:"IcanfindyouasmanyunhappycouplesinNewYorkCionthevergeofsuicide iftheydon'thearfromPicasso,andIknowseveral couplesin Greenwich Villagewhoareintheinitialstagesofdivorce. Please wiremehowmanyyouneed.Webothstandtomakeafortune.HAnotherletter,fromBudGrossmaninLondon,said,"Mywifethreatenstoleavemeuniess Ican getherKhrushchev'sautograph.ShewouldlikeitsignedonaRussiansablecoat."TwogirlstyasyoucangetPicassosketches.Iknoware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，是坦普爾大學一位名叫哈維？布洛德斯基的學生寫的。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。”這個時候，美聯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,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。請打電報告訴我你需要多少這樣威治村幾對正處于離婚初級階段的夫妻。請打電