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拍品專文
Gary Cooper (1901-1961) was one of Hollywood’s original leading men, starring in over one hundred films. An Academy Award winner and on nearly every list of all-time greatest actors, Cooper remains today an icon of old Hollywood. His most notable roles include cowboys in Western genre films, a reflection of his childhood and upbringing in Montana, and lead roles in film adaptations of Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls and A Farewell to Arms. Off screen, Cooper and Hemingway developed a friendship centered on shared interests of sports and love of the outdoors. In recognition of his robust career, Cooper was given a lifetime achievement award at the 1961 Academy Awards. Due to his failing health at the time, Cooper’s close friend James Stewart accepted the award on his behalf. Upon the public learning of his health, Cooper received well wishes from the Pope, Queen Elizabeth II, and President John F. Kennedy. Cooper and his wife, Veronica Balfe, were married in 1933 and remained married until his death in 1961. Together, they had one daughter, Maria Veronica Cooper Janis.
The Cooper family was introduced to Jacqueline and Pablo Picasso through their very close family friend, David Douglas Duncan—the noted Marine, war correspondent, writer and photojournalist. Duncan had been working on the first of his several very personal photography books on Picasso and when it became apparent that Cooper and Picasso were eager to meet each other, he arranged it. Through his lens, Duncan managed to capture the spontaneous moments of fun and camaraderie between the two families and the blossoming of a friendship that lasted throughout the lifetime of both Picasso and Jacqueline.
Maria Cooper Janis reflects: “The whimsical ceramic ‘night light,’ as Picasso called it, was given to my parents by Picasso with great delight and happily inscribed and autographed on the bottom. The piece for me reflects the twinkle and humor in Picasso’s most imaginative mind. This piece has smiled at the Cooper and then Janis family for many days and nights. A true memento of a friendship.”
The Cooper family was introduced to Jacqueline and Pablo Picasso through their very close family friend, David Douglas Duncan—the noted Marine, war correspondent, writer and photojournalist. Duncan had been working on the first of his several very personal photography books on Picasso and when it became apparent that Cooper and Picasso were eager to meet each other, he arranged it. Through his lens, Duncan managed to capture the spontaneous moments of fun and camaraderie between the two families and the blossoming of a friendship that lasted throughout the lifetime of both Picasso and Jacqueline.
Maria Cooper Janis reflects: “The whimsical ceramic ‘night light,’ as Picasso called it, was given to my parents by Picasso with great delight and happily inscribed and autographed on the bottom. The piece for me reflects the twinkle and humor in Picasso’s most imaginative mind. This piece has smiled at the Cooper and then Janis family for many days and nights. A true memento of a friendship.”