A researcher in the Ernest Hemingway Collection is Colette C. Hemingway ~ the wife of Sean Hemingway who is the son of Gregory and grandson of Ernest. Colette is an art historian and is currently writing a book on the art collection of Ernest Hemingway. As a result of her research the Ernest Hemingway Library has gained a far better understanding of the significance of a watercolor stored as Oversized Material within the Other Material series. It is in fact a wonderful watercolor portrait of Ernest Hemingway in a beret.
The title on the verso in violet ballpoint pen is “Ernest Hemingway by Antonio Gattorno / 1934.”
Antonio Gattorno (Cuban, 1904-1980) was one of the pioneers of the modern art movement in
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